Will1985
Über Member
- Location
- South Norfolk
Not good at all - very sad and probably another nail in the coffin of cycle racing on public roads.
See timetriallingforum.
See timetriallingforum.
Time Trialling fatality
- Thread starter Will1985
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Dave5N
Über Member
- Location
- Outside The Little Nibble
Terrible. Condolences to all his friends and family.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Terrible and tragic news!
And most likely so easily avoidable.
And most likely so easily avoidable.
oscarplu
Über Member
- Location
- SUNNY SUFFOLK
An absolute tradgedy.
Condolences to all of the riders family and friends.
Condolences to all of the riders family and friends.
stoatsngroats
Guru
- Location
- South East
Just need to add my condolences to the family, and an RIP........
More detail and a short report on Bike Radar - very sad. It hurts to read this report, you just feel sick and angry at the same time.
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/army-major-killed-during-time-trial-21437
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/army-major-killed-during-time-trial-21437
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Thats horrible news, RIP. If I'm reading the reports correctly he was hit from behind, the fact he was going fast (TTing) shouldn't of mattered 
ontheroadtofrance
New Member
- Location
- Birmingham,England
Sorry to hear this condolences to the family, and an RIP maybe the government was right in their ad look, look and look again it makes you wonder done it
DJ
Formerly known as djtheglove
- Location
- On my bike in the smoke!!!!!!!!!!
Terrible news. My sincere condolences.
Is there a car that escorts the cyclists at the back of the race?
Is there a car that escorts the cyclists at the back of the race?
HeartAttack
New Member
Heart felt condolences to the family, friends and associates. A real sad loss, even more so as this could have so easily been avoided with a little forward thinking and looking ahead on the part of the woman driver.
djtheglove said:
Not at this level of amateur time trialling. Riders will have been set off at 1 or 2 min intervals.
I find this incident has affected me more than most. He was just an ordinary club cyclist, a father, a husband, a son. Now dead. His wife will find that from yesterday, her life has completely changed. As an Army wife in Germany, she would not have been allowed to work, she will be given 6 months to move out of her house. His salary will suddenly stop, but the rent for the Army house will continue. She will have to pick up the pieces of her life and move back to UK, find a school for the kids, get herself a new job, get a house and all because someone was not paying attention - Sad so sad.
ACS
Legendary Member
- Location
- Just below the snow line
gavintc said:
You give the impression that because her husband has been killed that the army will simply abandon the grieving widow this is wrong, so, so wrong.
I would like to extend my heartfelt and sincere condolences to the family echoing those of other poster on both this and the TT forum.
Terrible, just terrible. Am I the only one here who has often thought that TTs on the A1 are a bit risky though? I used to live not too far from it and I would never really consider riding on it (and I know we have a perfectly legitimate right to cycle on it). Most motorists treat it like the A1(M) even though only parts of it are Motorway standard.
My old mate Jon Surtees said some nice words after the event, reminds me to contact him and try to stay in touch more (I served in the RAF with him).
RIP Major Evans.
My old mate Jon Surtees said some nice words after the event, reminds me to contact him and try to stay in touch more (I served in the RAF with him).
RIP Major Evans.
