The route through Caerphilly County Borough for the Tour of Britain’s Welsh stage has been announced.
Ninety-six professional cyclists will make the 182km ride from Welshpoool to the top of Caerphilly Mountain on September 14 as part of stage four of the national race.
The riders are expected in the county borough in the afternoon and will make their way through Nelson, Tredomen, Ystrad Mynach, Llanbradach, Caerphilly town centre and up on to Caerphilly Mountain. The cyclists will then head down into Castle View before ending at Crescent Road near Caerphilly Castle.
To mark one month until the event, Caerphilly County Borough Council is hoping to attract 1,000 cyclists to Crescent Road on Monday August 15 for a world record attempt.
Councillor Ron Davies, cabinet member for regeneration and planning said: “We are planning a special launch event and calling on cyclists from across South Wales to join us on Crescent Road in Caerphilly.
“We are aiming to beat the Guinness Book of World Records for ‘tthe longest single line of bicycles – 916 cyclists’. So whatever your preferred mode – BMX, cycle speedway, cyclo-cross, mountain bike, road and track cycling – please make the effort to join us at 12 noon on Monday August 15 2011 as we’re aiming to get 1,000 bikes on the site.
“We have exciting plans to celebrate the UK’s biggest professional bicycle race, which attracts over a million spectators to the roadside and hundreds of thousands more on television and via the internet.
“We want to make a real Welsh welcome for the race and riders and so our launch event has got to be outstanding and something really special.”
Cyclists should meet at Crescent Road, Caerphilly from 12 noon onwards.
On site will be Tour of Britain representatives along with professional cyclists from some of 16 international teams and their sponsors.
Gwent Police is supporting the event and will be on hand to offer security advice to the cyclists.
Local suppliers to cyclists and all of the cycle clubs in the county borough are also being invited to take part.
View Tour of Britain 2012 route through Caerphilly County Borough in a larger map