CONWY has the chance to show it is a "wonderful part of the world" as one of Britain's top cycling events comes to the area next month.

British Cycling will hold the fourth stage of its flagship series between Aberaeron and the Great Orme in Llandudno on September 8, which will see Tour de France and Olympic cyclists take to the roads across the region.

The 215km route will be the Tour of Britain’s Queen stage, deemed to be the hardest of the series, with the 9.8 per cent average climb to the finishing line at the top of the Great Orme.

Live coverage of the free-to-watch race is shown daily in the UK on ITV4, in addition to around the world, while it attracts a roadside audience of over 1.5 million spectators.

Sam Rowlands MS for North Wales is calling on members of the public to back the event, which could help to raise the profile of the region.

“I am delighted to see North Wales has been chosen once again as a venue for this prestigious race and particularly pleased that it will host the longest and one of the toughest stages cycling up to the summit of the Great Orme above Llandudno," he said.

“It is a wonderful opportunity for local people to see world class riders in action and yet again promote this wonderful part of the world.

“Cycling continues to be a very popular and growing sport in Wales and previous stages of the Tour of Britain, held in North Wales has brought out the crowds to support the event and I am sure this will be the case on September 8.”

The Tour of Britain last visited the Great Orme in 2014 when Mark Renshaw won a stage finishing in Llandudno, but the modern Tour of Britain has never climbed to the summit.

Stage four takes place from Aberaeron and through Aberystwyth, Borth, Barmouth, Coed y Brenin Forest Park, Llanwrst, Trefriw, Dolgarrog, Tal-y-bont, Baclaw, Conwy, Llandudno Junction, Deganwy, ending with the ascent in Llandudno.

The series, previously won by Dutch Olympian Mathieu van der Poel and reigning UCI World Road champion Julian Alaphilippe, was relaunched in 2004 after a five-year absence from the cycling calendar.

It is British Cycling’s premier road cycling event, held annually across eight days in September. Other locations include Cornwall, Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Midlothian in south Scotland.

The Tour of Britain is also part of the UCI ProSeries, making it a prestigious sporting events in the sport’s global calendar.

To see a map of the route, visit www.tourofbritain.co.uk/stages/