OLYMPIC gold medal winners and world record breakers will be in top gear for a national cycling competition coming to Worcester.

Following success in the Beijing Games team pursuit event, yesterday, Bradley Wiggins and Geraint Thomas are riding in the Tour of Britain.

Wiggins, 28, added to his individual pursuit gold at the velodrome with the team event win.

He could bag a third medal today in the Madison - a version of the cycling points race where teams of two riders compete over 50km (31 miles) or 200 laps of the track.

Thomas was also a member of the pursuit team which not only won but twice broke the world record, posting a world-beating time of 3:53:314 and beating their Danish competitors by more than six seconds in the final.

However, the pair will swap the skintight Team GB bodysuits for their respective team colours, Team Columbia and Barloworld, when the tour makes it way to the Faithful City on Wednesday, September 10.

There will be no room for pleasantries as the 96 competitors tackle the tour’s fourth stage out of eight in total, riding off from Worcester Racecourse and finishing 96 miles (156 km) further north, in Stoke-on-Trent.

Worcester spectators can also cheer on fellow British medal-winner Chris Newton - riding for Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk, who took bronze in the points race event over the weekend.