Cyclists fear TT courses will be lost due to 20mph ban
Cycling Time Trials has asked for all events to be reviewed and courses on roads with 20mph speed limits to be cancelled or modified to avoid the zonesTime trialling is facing a major change with the governing body of the sport in England and Wales, Cycling Time Trials , introducing a ban on events taking place on roads with 20mph speed limits, with existing courses in such areas going to have to be scrapped or modified to avoid the zones.
"Districts are therefore asked to review the courses which have events planned on them for 2024 and take appropriate action if that course now has a 20mph speed limit. Either the event must be cancelled, or the course modified to exclude that section or an alternative course used.
"We fully planned to run this again as it was a really enjoyable route and had a positive impact on cycling in general; the inclusion of more participants meant those who may have shied away previously felt more inclined to give it a go perhaps due to fitness etc. A section of maybe 100m through a small village called Bethel has been set to a 20mph zone. The whole village was previously a 30mph zone and the other mile or so remains as a 30.
"We've lost some great little club TT courses as a result," one said."Last year, for instance, Didcot Phoenix ran the Ben Owen 10 on a small village loop near West Hanney. There were 90 riders and a few tandems, some of whom had never ridden a TT before but came along to be part of a team. A nice safe course for them that's now lost."
"I have a course that is used for both A and B events which starts in a 20 zone, but within 50 yards you are into the 30mph zone so no real danger or much risk to riders or public. Also the current start position is a safe location. If we have to adjust start and finish position it going to be hard to find safe alternatives. So potentially another lost course and revenue to CTT. More worrying is that it will be used for a finishing circuit for the 2024 National 12," another agreed.
> "Far more pleasant for walkers and cyclists": 20mph speed limit analysis hailed"astonishing", with drivers' journeys just 45 seconds longer "An organising body and/or organiser who permitted an event to take place where riders would exceed the speed limit would be opening themselves up to a liability in the event of an incident," they suggested.
In 2021, a time trial participant was seriously injured after being hit from behind by a van driver, also on the A11 between Snetterton and Shropham. In the same month as Ms Tye's death, a van driver was arrested after a cyclist who represented Great Britain in triathlon was
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