PARTS of West Devon could be beamed live to a worldwide TV audience when the Friends Life Tour of Britain races through the county next Thursday, September 11. The race will again be broadcast live on ITV4, with ITV showing the opening stage one from Liverpool. The Devon stage, hosted by Devon County Council and sponsored by South West Highways, will be stage five of this year's Tour, covering 110miles (177km) of the county. It will start in Exmouth at 11am, taking in Topsham, Exminster, Chudleigh and then Dartmoor. The estimated time of arrival at Tavistock is 1.31pm, at Lydford at 1.48pm, at Okehampton at 2.12pm, Bow at 2.43pm, taking in Coppplestone and Crediton before finishing in Exeter at around 3.30pm. The route includes three Skoda King of the Mountains climbs at Mamhead, Haytor, on Dartmoor, and Stoke Woods/Pennsylvania Road on the outskirts of Exeter. There are also YodelDirect Sprints at Powderham Castle, Chudleigh and Crediton. Cllr Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council cabinet member for highways, said: 'The Tour always provides us with a great platform to showcase Devon at its best. 'The route again takes in some of county's most scenic coast, countryside and moorland and finishes in the heart of Exeter. 'The aim is that some of the millions of people watching at home will want to pay us a visit to see for themselves what Devon has to offer.' In 2013, the Tour was shown in 166 countries worldwide to almost 290-million homes.  This year will be the eighth consecutive year that the Tour has visited Devon.  Over the past seven years more than a million people have watched the race in Devon along the various stage routes around the county, with a record 250,000 spectators at the roadside last year.  It has brought in around £27-million to the local economy, with almost £5.9-million of that generated last year. The 2014 Friends Life Tour of Britain will start in Liverpool on Sunday and finish in London with an individual time trial and a circuit race on Sunday, September 14. For more information go to http://www.southwesttourofbritain.co.uk">www.southwesttourofbritain.co.uk and http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk">www.tourofbritain.co.uk On Twitter follow @SWTourofBritain or like the SW Tour on Britain Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tour-of-Britain-South-West/93956718666?fref=ts">www.facebook.com/pages/Tour-of-Britain-South-West/93956718666?fref=ts