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"Perfectly legal and carefully controlled": Cycling club defends dual carriageway time trials after rider knocked unconscious in fall

After a cyclist fell off her bike and broke her collarbone whilst riding a
time trial on a dual carriageway in Cambridgeshire, the club organiser
defended the events and told the public they are "carefully controlled"
with "strict safety requirements"...

by DAN ALEXANDER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CALLUM DEVEREUX WED, SEP 24, 2025 18:06

A cycling club which organised a time trial on a national speed limit dual carriageway, during which a participant was knocked unconscious and
suffered a broken collarbone when they fell from their bike, has reassured
the public and local press that all time trials are "carefully controlled
with strict safety requirements" and "statistically events on dual
carriageways are safer than those on single carriageway roads where
junctions and driveways pose safety threats".

The comments come after a rider taking part in a time trial on the A428
near Hardwick in Cambridgeshire on Sunday was taken to hospital with the collarbone injury having been briefly unconscious following a fall during
the event. No other road user was involved and the Cambridge Cycling Club
time trial was abandoned.

Police and an ambulance attended the scene following reports of a
collision, however a police spokesperson and a representative for the
cycling club later confirmed that the incident did not involve any other
road user and the "cyclist had not been struck by a vehicle, but had fallen
off her bike".

<https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-club-defends-dual-carriageway-tt-safety-316067>
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On 26/09/2025 11:11 PM, Spike wrote:

"Perfectly legal and carefully controlled": Cycling club defends dual carriageway time trials after rider knocked unconscious in fall

After a cyclist fell off her bike and broke her collarbone whilst riding a time trial on a dual carriageway in Cambridgeshire, the club organiser defended the events and told the public they are "carefully controlled"
with "strict safety requirements"...

by DAN ALEXANDER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CALLUM DEVEREUX WED, SEP 24, 2025 18:06

A cycling club which organised a time trial on a national speed limit dual carriageway, during which a participant was knocked unconscious and
suffered a broken collarbone when they fell from their bike, has reassured the public and local press that all time trials are "carefully controlled with strict safety requirements" and "statistically events on dual carriageways are safer than those on single carriageway roads where
junctions and driveways pose safety threats".

"their bike"?

How many of them were there?

Was it a tandem?

The comments come after a rider taking part in a time trial on the A428
near Hardwick in Cambridgeshire on Sunday was taken to hospital with the collarbone injury having been briefly unconscious following a fall during
the event. No other road user was involved and the Cambridge Cycling Club time trial was abandoned.

Police and an ambulance attended the scene following reports of a
collision, however a police spokesperson and a representative for the
cycling club later confirmed that the incident did not involve any other
road user and the "cyclist had not been struck by a vehicle, but had fallen off her bike".

<https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-club-defends-dual-carriageway-tt-safety-316067>

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On 27/09/2025 11:55, JNugent wrote:

After a cyclist fell off her bike and broke her collarbone whilst riding a time trial on a dual carriageway in Cambridgeshire, the club organiser defended the events and told the public they are "carefully controlled"
with "strict safety requirements"...

"their bike"? How many of them were there Was it a tandem?

Seems like there was one person, a female.
Someone got his/her/its pronouns mixed up in the report later,
or it/she/he could not count.

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JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

On 26/09/2025 11:11 PM, Spike wrote:

"Perfectly legal and carefully controlled": Cycling club defends dual
carriageway time trials after rider knocked unconscious in fall

After a cyclist fell off her bike and broke her collarbone whilst riding a >> time trial on a dual carriageway in Cambridgeshire, the club organiser
defended the events and told the public they are "carefully controlled"
with "strict safety requirements"...

by DAN ALEXANDER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CALLUM DEVEREUX WED, SEP 24, 2025 18:06 >>
A cycling club which organised a time trial on a national speed limit dual >> carriageway, during which a participant was knocked unconscious and
suffered a broken collarbone when they fell from their bike, has reassured >> the public and local press that all time trials are "carefully controlled
with strict safety requirements" and "statistically events on dual
carriageways are safer than those on single carriageway roads where
junctions and driveways pose safety threats".

"their bike"?

How many of them were there?

Was it a tandem?

It was road.ccrCa:-(

The police spokesperson was tough enough to get it right, though:

rCaa police spokesperson and a representative for the
cycling club later confirmed that the incident did not involve any other
road user and the "cyclist had not been struck by a vehicle, but had fallen >> off her bike".

<https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-club-defends-dual-carriageway-tt-safety-316067>

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