On Sun, 3 May 2009 22:18:02 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

Not wanting to take anything from a sad death, but I have never understood
why cyclists are allowed to race on public roads, no other form of road
user can without breaking the law.



I agree and other slow traffic like horses in narrow lanes are a nuisance
these days, but the roads don't belong only to reps and lorry drivers,
especially at 8:30 on a Bank Holiday Sunday morning! Death is a severe
penalty for someone else's incompetence (or worse) - that cyclist was
someone's son and may well have been a husband and father!

And *IF* he was riding with due care and attention, not feeling his
Time Trial somehow took precedence, he is entitled to our full
sympathy.

Otherwise it's his own silly fault. Cyclists, of all road users, need
to ride defensively.