In Pictures: RideLondon passes through Essex

Lorena Wiebes of The Netherlands and Team SD Worx-Protime celebrates at finish line
Stage winner Lorena Wiebes of The Netherlands and Team SD Worx-Protime celebrates at the finish line in Colchester during the 10th Ford RideLondon Classique 2024 [Getty Images]

Cyclists are racing through Essex, London and parts of Hertfordshire over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Organisers estimate up to 25,000 people will take part in the RideLondon tour, headed off by the elite cyclists.

The first two stages ended in Colchester and Maldon in Essex on successive days.

Lorena Wiebes of The Netherlands has won both stages of the RideLondon Classique so far.

The RideLondon tour involves several cycling races, including the three-day Classique, which forms part of the international UCI Women's World Tour.

Sunday's stage passes through Chelmsford, Epping Forest and Braintree, before ending in London.

Here are a selection of photographs from the event so far.

Riders on Market Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, CB10 1, GBR
The riders pass through Market Street, in Saffron Walden, Essex on Friday [Tom Williams/BBC]
General view of the peloton passing Thaxted village during the 10th Ford RideLondon Classique 2024
The peloton also took in the winding streets of the village of Thaxted, Essex during the 10th Ford RideLondon Classique 2024 [Getty Images]
A general view of the peloton prior to the 10th Ford RideLondon Classique 2024
The 159.2km stage went from Saffron Walden, seen here, to Colchester [Getty Images]
A general view of Anniina Ahtosalo of Finland and Team Uno-X Mobility, Lorena Wiebes of The Netherlands - Blue Leader Jersey, Lotte Kopecky of Belgium, Christine Majerus of Luxembourg and Team SD Worx-Protime and the peloton passing through a Maldon village during the 10th Ford RideLondon Classique 2024, Stage 2 a 142.6km stage from Saffron Maldon to Maldon / #UCIWWT / on May 25, 2024 in Maldon, England. (Photo by Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
On Saturday, the riders raced through Maldon in Essex [Getty Images]

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