Time Trials in France/Belgium ??

Bonno
Bonno Posts: 69
edited February 2010 in Amateur race
Besides the Duo-normand does anyone know of any time trials in France / Belgium that are open to us Brits?

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  • giropaul
    giropaul Posts: 414
    Time trials in France and Belgium are rare.

    There are a few in Belgium, mostly free federation stuff, but often they are part of a mini-stage event with a road race on another day.

    Look at WAOD and the other free federation Belgian organisations - you'll need a relevant licence (TLI usually). You need a BC licence for the Duo of course.

    In my experience the courses are not anything like in UK - and no standard distances either. Bike handling is at a premium, and almost everyone uses a standard road bike (maybe with clip-ons).

    We were highly entertained in Belgium once by a UK time trial specialist who turned up on a low-profile, and was lapped by Belgians on road bikes - on that course the longest straight is about 200 metres, and there are about 20 gravelly corners per lap!
  • Dess1e
    Dess1e Posts: 239
    Not Belgium, but they were encouraging people to pop over for this on the TT forum.

    http://spinneweb.xs4all.nl/ttar/TrackDe ... =ALMER0408
    www.kentonrc.co.uk
  • Bonno
    Bonno Posts: 69
    Dess1e wrote:
    Not Belgium, but they were encouraging people to pop over for this on the TT forum.

    http://spinneweb.xs4all.nl/ttar/TrackDe ... =ALMER0408

    Ah Ha!! Thanks for that.
    Just fancied something a bit different after 20+ years of testing in the UK !!
    Not going to set the race alight, but might be fun!!!

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