The 2011 Tour de France green jersey winner Mark Cavendish will compete in the London-Surrey Cycle Classic, a run-through for next summer's Olympic Road Race event.

Also joining the prolific sprinter will be Tyler Farrar of Garmin-Cervelo, Matt Goss (HTC-Highroad), Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), and Davide Appollonio (Team Sky) - all will be ride for the respective national teams.

It emerged on Thursday that Cavendish's HTC-Highroad team will fold before next season, further fuelling speculation that he will move to British based Team Sky. But for the moment the Manxman has other things on his mind.

Cavendish said: "I saw the route map for the road race course when it was released earlier this year and since then I've been looking forward to testing the Olympic course at the London-Surrey Cycle Classic.
 
"I'm coming into the event off the back of a fantastic Tour de France – the British fans out there were brilliant and their support really helped to spur me on, but you can't beat the support of a home crowd and I'm hoping the fans will turn out at the test event to support me and the rest of the team."

The provisional start list includes 148 names. You can see a full list of competing teams here.

The 140km course passes through six London boroughs, four royal parks and a looped route around Box Hill in Surrey.

Fans are encouraged to cheer on the competitors from points along the route but are advised to avoid the Zig Zag road of the Box Hill area in Surrey, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and has restricted access.

The race starts at 9.00am and ends around 12.30pm on the Mall in central London.

With road closures in place from as early as 4.00am and many roads not re-opening until around 3.00pm residents living along the route and spectators planning to travel to watch the race are advised to avoid using the roads if at all possible and to plan their travel in advance by visiting www.tfl.gov.uk/testevent, www.londonprepairesseries.com/roadcycling and www.gosurrey.info

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