One of today's major sporting events is the Mann & Partners Millennium Way Relay.
The handicap race sees the first team away from the foot of Sky Hill outside Ramsey at 9.30am.
25 teams of four and ten cyclists will be aiming for the finish in Castletown Square.
Drivers are asked to take care at the various road crossing points which will be manned by marshals.
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