Olympic hero Sir Bradley Wiggins announced today he will be cycling alongside thousands of others in this Sunday’s (August 10) London to Surrey bike ride.

A late addition to Team Sky’s line-up, he will be the first Tour de France winner to participate in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic which started last year.

Arguably the world’s most famous cyclist, he will return to the roads used for London 2012’s time trial and road race where he won gold in the time trial.

It will also only be his second time racing in London since the Games - the first was during the Tour of Britain last September.

After his absence from this year’s Tour de France, Sunday will be Sir Bradley’s first road race since he won the British National Time Trial Championships in Monmouthshire in June.

Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic race director Mick Bennett, said: “We are delighted to welcome Sir Bradley to Prudential RideLondon this weekend. He completes an already first-class line-up for the event.

“The Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic enjoys great support from spectators at the roadside across the route and this announcement means fans can now look forward to seeing one of the greatest ever British cyclists racing in the event.”

The RideLondon race will come through the streets of west London.

Tens of thousands of fans are set to line the 200km route which goes from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London through to Piccadilly and the A4 at Hammersmith and through Chiswick before entering Surrey then wiggling back over Putney Bridge, through Fulham and Chelsea up to Parliament Square and Whitehall.

Along with 16,000 amateur riders, Sir Bradley will cycle through Trafalgar Square and finish on The Mall where no doubt thousands will be hoping to get a glimpse of the famous cyclist.

Putney Bridge is currently closed to motorists and cyclists as they re-waterproof the surface but workers have laid down a section of the bridge to enable competitors to cycle across easily.

Sir Bradley will be joined by 2012 world champion Philippe Gilbert, 2014 Tour de France top o10 finisher Laurens ten Dam, sprinters Mark Renshaw, Alessandro Petacchi and Elia Viviani and several Commonwealth Games medallists, led by points race gold medallist Tom Scully and road race bronze medallist Scott Thwaites.

Check out getwestlondon’s guide to the route and find out how to plan around the road closures.