9 December 2015 Last updated at 12:51 GMT
Split into three stages, the cycle race covers 515.5km (320 miles), and will see riders weave across the Yorkshire landscape.
The race starts on Friday, 29 April in Beverley, East Yorkshire, and will end on Sunday, 1 May in the North Yorkshire resort of Scarborough.
Last year's inaugural race was watched by an estimated 1m people and brought ??50m into the region's economy.
The route of the 2016 Tour de Yorkshire has been revealed.