'Financial crisis' at British governing body as critical election looms

Time trialling body must act fast to halt long decline in riders and save money, say insiders

Hayley Simmonds time trial
(Image credit: Andy Jones)

Cycling Time Trials, the body that governs British testing, is “in financial crisis” and time trialling as we know it is at risk – so say voices in and around the top of the sport’s governing body.

A lengthy decline in income that has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic has been blamed, along with a reluctance to modernise. The consternation comes as the CTT prepares to vote four new members on to the board at its December AGM, with six candidates lining up for the four places.

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