LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins is set to ride in London next August when Britain stages a new one-day race for the world's top cyclists, city mayor Boris Johnson said on Friday.
The British capital will also stage a 100 mile (160 kilometre) ride for up to 20,000 cyclists the same day, an event modelled on the London marathon which has become a major part of the sporting calendar over the past three decades.
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