A number of roads in Coventry including the ring road will be closed throughout the morningThousands of riders will be cycling right through the heart of Coventry this weekend as the Velo Birmingham and Midlands 2019 event comes to the city.
Around 17,000 cyclists are expected to hit the streets for this year's event which sees riders take on either a 100-mile route or a 42-mile route.
A number of roads in the city centre and to the north and west, including the ring road, will be closed throughout the morning on Sunday (May 12) while the event takes place.
Coventry City Council is advising motorists to plan ahead and allow extra time for journeys.
The ring road will remain open anti-clockwise for the duration.
The ring road will be closed clockwise from junctions one to nine from 6.30am until 1.15pm.
Junction five of the ring road will be closed by the police station at New Union Street.
Junction eight will be closed at Holyhead Road and the junction with Barras Lane.
Some clockwise ring road slip roads will remain open. These include: Warwick Road to Butts Road (Jct 6 -7), Radford Road to Foleshill Road (Jct 9-1) White Street to Sky Blue Way (Jct 2 -3), Sky Blue Way to London Road (Jct 3 - 4), London Road to Mile Lane/Quinton Road (Jct 4 - 5).
In the city centre, where participants of the 42-mile ride will cross the finish line, Fairfax Street (between Priory Street and Cox Street) and Cox Street will both be closed for the duration of the day.
That section of the route is expected to reopen by 6pm.
Other roads that are part of the route will be closed on a rolling basis, with the first closures in Coventry from 6.30am.
All Coventry roads (except for Fairfax Street and Priory Street) should be back open by 2.45pm.