A SPECTACULAR crash at the end of the first day of the Tour de Yorkshire left riders piled up on the approach to the finish.

After a gruelling ride through Yorkshire the finish came down to a bunch sprint and when one rider went down, many others followed, with reports of at least one broken collar bone.

Dylan Groeneweggen (ORS) was the winner on day one in a time of four hours and nine minutes and 38 seconds.

Caleb Ewan (BIK) was second and Nacer Bouhanni (COF) third.

Day one saw the riders setting out from outside the art deco Bridlington Spa on the seafront, before heading out into rural North and East Yorkshire.

The 173km race from the coastal town of Bridlington to the town of Scarborough, took in picturesque towns and villages and long, open stretches of the North Yorkshire Moors, before it came to a finish at Scarborough seafront.