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Thousands of cyclists are expected to race 122 kilometres up the Sea to Sky corridor Saturday for Vancouver’s annual RBC GranFondo.

Drivers are being advised that delays of up to three hours are expected between West Vancouver and Whistler from 5:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Cyclists participating in the event will travel over the Lions Gate Bridge, up Taylor Way and Cypress Bowl Road, along the Upper Levels Highway 1 and Highway 99, and will finish in Whistler.

BC Ferries is also advising passengers planning to travel on sailings departing Horseshoe Bay on Saturday to plan for extra time, and recommends travellers form Vancouver use the Second Narrows Bridge instead of the Lions Gate Bridge.

BC Ferries also reminds motorists arriving in Horseshoe Bay from Nanaimo or the Sunshine Coast before 9:30 a.m., that the eastbound lanes of the Upper Levels Highway will be closed to traffic from Horseshoe Bay to Taylor Way from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.