CYCLING: The 36th upperlimb.com Cunningham Classic Cycle Race is set for another year with a stellar roster of 305 men and women riders expected to finish in Warwick on Saturday afternoon.

There are 10 classes of riders and all will start at various times this morning at Gatton before riding on Heifer Creek Rd to cross the Great Dividing Range.

The majority of the riders will hit the highway just east of Clifton and then head to Warwick for a total distance of 96km.

The elite men will head west through Clifton, Ellangowan, Leyburn, Victoria Hill and Allora before joining the other riders on the Allora Warwick Secondary Road for the last part of a 171km ride.

The time riders are expected in Warwick varies according to conditions but co-organiser Betty Bathersby from the Kangaroo Point Cycling Club expects the first riders around 12.30pm Saturday.

The riders will head through Rosehill and past the John Dee Warwick complex before turning at the racecourse corner and heading across McCahon Bridge for a short sprint to the finish line in Victoria Street between Dragon and Guy streets.

The race is one of the most prestigious one-day races on the Queensland Cycling calendar and will attract some of the best riders in Australia.

"We are fortunate to have riders who have competed in the Australian National Championships, International University Games, National Road Series and the Queensland Road Team Series competing this year,” she said.

Dylan Newbery, Jonathan Noble, Ryan Cavanagh and Ryan Thomas will be some of the riders expected to feature in the finish in the elite class. A strong field of women has also nominated.

There will be riders from as far as Rockhampton in Central Queensland to Port Macquarie, Inverell and Tamworth in New South Wales.

Some Warwick organisations and individuals help out at the Warwick end of the race each year.

Two of the regular volunteers from Warwick are Doug Walker and Tony Simonelli.