TODAY’S stage of the Tour of Britain will see racers head through Gloucestershire and into South Gloucestershire before finishing in Bristol with Sir Bradley Wiggins starting the day in 5th position.

Racers will leave Worcester at 11am this morning where they will head towards Gloucestershire, through Stroud and in to Nailsworth.

The tour will then lead some of the world’s top cyclists along the B4058, in to Wotton-under-Edge with the lead racers expected to reach the town at around 2.10pm.

The racers will then follow the B4058 into Charfield where the first cyclists are expected to arrive around 15 minutes later at 2.25pm.

Cromhall is then the next village to be reached, followed by Bagstone before heading through Rangeworthy a couple of minutes before 2.40pm.

At Iron Acton the racers will make a small detour as they head on to Latteridge Road and Station Road before turning on to Bristol Road where it will rejoin the B4058.

Shortly afterwards racers will stream past Frampton Cotterell, starting from about 2.45pm, as they head on to Winterbourne where the race will turn on to the B4057 as the riders complete the final stretch in to Bristol where the race will finish in Durdham Down at around 3.20pm.

Rolling road closures will be carried out by race organisers as the tour passes through.