The Tour De France will hit the streets of York this weekend.

On Sunday the cyclists will leave York Racecourse at 11am (the pre-race publicity caravan leaves at 9am) and ride down Bishopthorpe Road, over Skeldergate Bridge and through the city centre, taking in the Minster before cycling down Bootham to Clifton and onwards to the A59.

Full details of road closures and amended travel arrangements can be found here: http://www.itravelyork.info/events/tour-de-france-grand-depart-2014 .

For details of the race route visit: www.letouryorkshire.com

Roads used for the race will be closed to vehicles from 4am until approximately 1.30pm, or as soon as possible after the race leaves York.

Details of the various events happening in York can be found here: http://www.york.gov.uk/downloads/file/13486/grand_d%C3%A9party_weekend_festival_programme 

Locally, there will be a ‘Spectator Hub’ at Huntington Stadium http://letour.yorkshire.com/spectator-hubs/huntington-stadium and the ‘Grand DeParty’ music concert will take place there on Friday night: http://letour.york.gov.uk/concert.php