THE route of the first Velothon Wales, which will see 15,000 people cycle across Gwent has been revealed.

The sell-out event, which is taking place on Sunday 14 June, will welcome up to 15,000 recreational cyclists as well as many of the world’s best as part of the UCI sanctioned professional race that will take place after the amateur event.

Starting in Cardiff city centre, the route will take riders out of the capital via the Docks and along a 7.5km stretch along the coast road through the Gwent Levels.

Passing through Peterstone and St Brides, cyclists will reach Newport taking in views like the Transporter Bridge before leaving the city centre via Langstone towards Caerleon.

Cyclists will then climb 1.6km towards the Celtic Manor then descending down Belmont Hill to Caerleon and then Usk, before heading to Abergavenny through Little Mill.

Racers then face their toughest test as they go through Llanfoist for the Tumble climb, a famously challenging 6km stretch of road with an average gradient of 9%.

After tackling The Tumble, riders will then begin their journey back towards Cardiff, through the Unesco World Heritage Site at Blaenavon then to Pontypool, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed and on to Caerphilly - where they will ride past the castle and up Caerphilly Mountain, the third steepest hill in Wales - before finishing in front of thousands of spectators in Cardiff city centre.

The full Caerphilly county route is:

-Through Hafodyrynys
-South on A467 at Crumlin
-At the roundabout by Newbridge Leisure Centre heads West onto A472
-Through Springfield and over the Sirhowy River
-Across the roundabout at Gelligroes
-Follows Main Road through Maesycwmmer
-A469 past Twyn-Shon-Ifan
-Following Rhymney River
-Into Llanbaradach at the 119 km mark, just outside of Caerphilly.