Colwyn Bay is set to receive a £2 million boost as it hosts a stage of the Women's World Tour cycling event.

Porth Eirias will welcome elite pro cyclists home after the OVO Energy Women's Tour race, gruelling five-day, 423-mile course.

This race will have extra meaning as it concludes the Women's World Tour, which consists of 23 races across 10 countries, as riders compete for the record £80,000 prize money.

This is the first time Colwyn Bay have hosted this event and thousands of spectators are expected to line the Colwyn Bay promenade on Sunday, June 17, for the final showdown.

Last year’s race was watched in over 100 countries worldwide on television and more than 100,000 lined the streets each day to catch a glimpse of the race generating £2 million for the economy.

Colwyn BID manager Cheryl Williams said: “It’s a major coup to have attracted such a major sporting event to Colwyn Bay especially for the climax of the race to take place here at Porth Eirias in Wales’s Year of the Sea.

“Cycling is such a popular sport now and Colwyn Bay is a spectacular setting for the finish and is so easy to get to from across North Wales and the North West that it is bound to bring in the crowds and be a major boost to the local economy.”

The race starts with 17 teams and over 100 riders on Wednesday, June 13, at Framlingham, in Suffolk, and continues through the Midlands to Worcester before hopping over the border for Sunday’s deciding leg.

The final stage will see the field take on the Tour’s toughest ever stage, from Dolgellau, along the Cambrian Coast and then up into the mountains of Snowdonia before descending to Colwyn Bay’s Porth Eirias.

Jim Jones, Managing Director of North Wales Tourism, said: “This is the first time the Women’s Tour has been outside England and it couldn’t have chosen a better area for the event’s finale.

“The route takes in the spectacular scenery of Cardigan Bay before heading into Snowdonia’s magnificent mountains before emerging again for a dramatic seaside finish and all that will be televised globally."

Councillor Louise Emery, Conwy County Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Development, said the county was thrilled to have the UK’s first ever international stage-race for women in Conwy County.

Rhos-on-Sea Cycling Club's Sue Williams said the event as massive positive for the area and was sure to boost the profile of the sport in the county.

The cycling club, which is celebrating its 90th birthday this year, will be holding its own event on the day with a mass ride for women down the two mile finishing straight from 12.30pm.

This year’s expected pacesetters include British Olympic champions Dani King and Katie Archibald as well as international superstars such as London 2012 gold medallist Marianne Vos and European champion Anna van der Breggen as they battle for the Green jersey of race leader.

Challenging them will be two of Wales’s finest, Olympic gold medallist Elinor Barker and Manon Lloyd, at 21 one of the best young riders in the country.

The route takes them 75 miles and the cyclists could face tricky and windy conditions along the coast before heading inland through spectacular scenery with lung bursting climbs including Category One Nant Gwynant and high speed descents.

Mick Bennett, Race Director for organisers SweetSpot said: “It promises to be a thrilling finale to this year’s race between Dolgellau and Colwyn Bay."

A one-hour highlights programme of every stage will be broadcast daily on ITV4 and Eurosport and available on demand via the ITV Hub and Eurosport Player.