The best amateur cyclists from all over the country are flocking to Marlow this weekend in order to race in what’s been dubbed “one of the very biggest events that will happen in this area for a long time”.

Those were the words of High Wycombe Cycling Club president Gordon Wright, who has organised the prestigious Men's 25 Mile UK Time Trial Championship event which takes place on Sunday.

The race is the blue ribbon event in fixed distance time trial championship racing and it’s expected that hundreds of local people will turn out to watch over one hundred riders tear around the town.

Wright said: “It attracts all the very best amateur time trialists and occasionally professionals ride. It’s the best amateur time trialists that the country can offer up. This is one of the very biggest events that will happen in this area for a long time.”

The open road race starts on Bourne End Road in Marlow with the course going down the Marlow bypass and along the A4 towards Reading. The cyclists will then turn around at the Pound Lane roundabout and retrace the route back down the A404 to the finish line.

Last year’s winner Matt Bottrill will again be competing and the rider is the favourite to retain the title, with Wright describing Bottrill as the “out and out fastest rider in the field”.

“It’s a fixed, selected field of 120 riders. We’re looking at the winner’s times to be 47 or 48 minutes, with riders riding at about 31 or 32 mph on average. They are all very quick,” said Wright.

Ex-professional rider David Milllar, who is one of only six Britons ever to wear the Tour de France’s famous yellow jersey, was a champion time trial racer during his career, winning the national time trial championship in 2007, and the 28-year-old will be the guest of honour at the ride.

The event HQ is The Sir Steve Redgrave Sports Centre in Marlow where there will be a large electronic board which will display the rider’s times and the results.

A team of almost 100 volunteers and officials will be helping on race day, with their duties split between being at the HQ and out on the course to ensure the event runs smoothly.

High Wycombe Cycling Club itself has around 240 members with a strong track record of running cycling championships over the years.

They organised the same 25-mile time trial back in 1994, and have once again been given the honour of hosting the event on Sunday.