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The start and finish times for the Middlesbrough and North Yorkshire stage Tour de Yorkshire have been revealed.

Day three of the cycle race - which starts in Middlesbrough’s Centre Square - will begin at 11.10am on Sunday, May 1.

The riders will then pass The Gazette on Borough Road, before heading towards Teesside University.

They will then head down Linthorpe Road to the Cenotaph and through Albert Park, before heading up Marton Road and past the new Middlesbrough Sports Village.

A quick detour will see them ride through Stewart Park and past the birthplace of Captain Cook before heading through Marton to the official race start on the A172 at Nunthorpe.

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The riders will then go through Great Ayton and Stokesley before heading onto Northallerton, Great Ayton and Thirsk.

The 198km route ends in to Scarborough.

Last year’s Tour de Yorkshire attracted one and a half million spectators and more than six million global television viewers.

This year “millions” of spectators are expected to line the route of the three day men’s race and one day women’s race which run between Friday, April 29, and Sunday, May 1.

A number of events and festivals are being held by communities across the county to celebrate the race. There will be Middlesbrough’s Enjoy the Ride festival, with a celebratory carnival, community stage and street theatre, and similar events.

And in Stokesley the market town is hosting TourFest , which features live music, food stalls and street entertainers.

Other key points along Sunday’s route include a sprint at Thirsk at 12.51pm, the first KOM at Sutton Bank at 1.06pm, Blakey Ridge at 1.54pm, Grosmont at 2.46pm, a sprint at Whitby at 3.06pm, and three further KoMs at Robin Hood’s Bay at 3.23pm, Harwood Dale at 3.44pm and Oliver’s Mount at 4.16pm before crossing the line in Scarborough at 4.25pm.