Warwickshire residents will be able to see some of the best cyclists in the world up close as the Tour of Britain Men returns to the county this September.

Organisers have now released the official route map for stage four of the event which will take the riders from Atherstone to Burton Dassett Hills Country Park on Friday 5 September.

The longest stage of the race - at 116.2 miles - will start in Atherstone at 10.30am, taking in Ansley, Shustoke, and Fillongley, before heading through Bedworth and Bulkington, then heading south via Brinklow to skirt Rugby and go through Dunchurch.

The day's intermediate sprint will come after 85km of racing on Rugby Road in Cubbington, before the climbing starts in the second part of the stage, with the first categorised climb at Friz Hill, between We

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