THE OVO cycling race closed roads across Oxfordshire today.
After starting in Henley at 10.30am, the racers travelled through Wallingford, Didcot, Harwell and Wantage and crossed the Vale of White Horse to Faringdon.
They looped through the West Oxfordshire towns of Burford, Charlbury and finally Woodstock.
UPDATE: See all our pictures from the cycle race here
The finishing line was in the grounds of Blenheim Palace.
Some of the major road closures in South Oxfordshire included the A4074 and High Street in Wallingford, the A4130 at Hadden Hill, Didcot & Wallingford Road, Broadway in Didcot and Harwell High Street.
In the Vale of White Horse the race temporarily shut Wantage Market Place, the A417 all the way to Faringdon and part of the A420.
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Finally in West Oxfordshire, parts of the A4095, the B4020, the A361 and the A44 were also closed.
A ‘rolling road closure’ system started in Henley at 10am and then continued along the route, controlled by police and route marshals.
The last riders were expected to cross the finish line at Blenheim Palace at about 2.15pm.
Full list of road closures:
Market Place, Henley-on-Thames
Hart Street
Thameside
New Street
A4130 Bell Street
Northfield End
Fairmile
B480 Lower Assendon to Patemore Lane
Greenfield Watlington
Hill Road
B4009
Couching Street
B480 Brook Street
B4009 Britwell Road
Britwell Hill
B481 Red Lane to Watlington Street
A4130
B481 through to Peppard Common
Gallowstree Road
Reades Lane (Horsepond Road) Sonning Common
A4074 Reading Road Reading
B4526 Deadmans Lane to Reading Road Goring
B4009 Wallingford Road Reading to Wallingford Road Mongewell
A4074 Port Way Wallingford
The Street Crowmarsh Gifford
High Street Wallingford
Station Road
Wantage Road
High Road Brightwell‐Cum‐Sotwell
A4130 Hadden Hill
Didcot & Wallingford Road
Broadway Didcot
Wantage Road
B4493 Didcot Road to Wantage Road
Burr Street
B4493 High St, Harwell
A417 Reading Road to Wallingford Street
Market Place Wantage
Mill Street
A417, Challow Road to Faringdon Road Stanford in the Vale
A417 Stanford Road Faringdon
Market Place
Church Street from Market Place to A4095
A420
A417 Park Road to Gravel Walk
A4095
Gloucester Street from A417 to Market Place
B4020 Alvescot Road Bampton
B4020 Station Road
B4477 through Kencot
A361 Broughton Poggs to A361 Lechlade Road, A361
The Hill Burford and…
High Street (except off-road bays)
A361 Fulbrook Hill
A361 Shipton Road
B4437 to Charlbury
B4437
Forest Road and…
Dyers Hill from Mill Lane to…
Thames Street
Market Street
Church Street
Park Street
Grammar School Hill to B4022 Fawler Road…
to Woodstock (from approximately 2pm)
A44 Woodstock (Manor Road, Oxford Street, Oxford Road) to The Causeway, into Blenheim Palace
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