Bradley Wiggins: Hundreds ride with Olympics star

Hundreds of cyclists are joining Britain's Olympic star Bradley Wiggins on a 99-mile (160km) bike ride on the routes he trains on in Lancashire.

The inaugural Ride With Brad marks the launch of the Bradley Wiggins Foundation, the charity founded by the star to promote sport in the community.

This year Wiggins won both the Tour de France and his seventh Olympic medal.

Ride With Brad has two routes - 160km and 100km (62 miles) - both starting and ending in Barnoldswick.

Ahead of the event, Wiggins said: "Come and join me on a challenging ride through the stunning Lancashire countryside and experience the roads and climbs I regularly train on.

"This brand new event has been specially organised to help celebrate the launch of the Bradley Wiggins Foundation."

The 160km route takes in the climbs and descents which have featured in the Tour of Lancashire, the Tour of Britain and the National Road Race Championships, including beauty spots such as Barley Fell, Waddington Fell, Nick o' Pendle, Trough of Bowland, and Longridge Fell.

The shorter 100km route misses out the northern moorland loop around the Trough of Bowland.