A national cycling championships will see some of the sport's finest talent take to Birmingham's Broad Street next week for an hour-long circuit race.

British Cycling has chosen Birmingham to host its National Circuit Race Championships on July 28 - an event previously won by Olympians and world champs such as Lizzie Armitstead, Mark Cavendish and Joanna Rowsell.

The event will see the men's and women's race complete a 1.1-kilometre circuit around the famous Birmingham street repeatedly for 50 minutes before the riders finish off with five final, furious laps.

The first over the line is then crowned the champion.

Winners will then have the honour of donning the red, white and blue national champions' jerseys for the next year.

As the map below shows, the race will start in Broad Street outside the Jurys Inn hotel, before turning left into Granville Street and then taking in Holliday Street and Bridge Street before going back to the start line.

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The women's race is due to start at 6.30pm and the men's at 8pm.

Jonny Clay, British Cycling's cycle sport and membership director, said: "We are delighted to be taking the 2016 National Circuit Race Championships to Birmingham.

"We know that there is a huge appetite for cycling in the region and all previous events we have hosted in the city have been met with real enthusiasm.

"These championships will give the people of the Midlands a chance to watch some of the country's best riders in action and we look forward to welcoming another passionate crowd to the event."

Coun Ian Ward, deputy leader of Birmingham City Council, added: "Birmingham has a proud track record of hosting a wide range of prestigious sporting events so I am absolutely delighted that we will be welcoming riders and fans alike to this year's British Cycling National Circuit Race Championships.

"This promises to be a truly fantastic event for Birmingham and one which I hope will also inspire people across the city to take up cycling."