{"id":748134,"date":"2026-08-24T11:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748134\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:46:10","slug":"road-safety-warning-as-tour-of-britain-comes-to-lincolnshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748134\/","title":{"rendered":"Road safety warning as Tour of Britain comes to Lincolnshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the race, the roads along the route<\/a> will be closed to traffic.<\/p>\n

But Outen-Coe anticipates there will be people who wish to replicate the route for their own enjoyment. <\/p>\n

He urged all road users to follow the Highway Code, reminding motorists to give cyclists enough room when overtaking. <\/p>\n

He also said cyclists should adhere to guidance on riding safely on the roads, including when travelling in groups.<\/p>\n

“Some of our roads are quite small, particularly our country lanes so there has to be a degree of pragmatism,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It’s really important that we are just considerate of people’s needs.”<\/p>\n

Outen-Coe also highlighted the state of some of Lincolnshire’s roads as a result of the dry spell.<\/p>\n

Chris Nagel, 40, was enjoying a bike ride from his home in Wainfleet along Thorpe Bank when he discovered a crack in the road<\/a> measuring “around half a metre deep”.<\/p>\n

Shaun Butcher, of Lincolnshire County Council, said the authority was “aware of the issues mentioned” and would “fix them in accordance with our policies”.<\/p>\n

Outen-Coe said: “We’ve had a long dry period now, it is doing damage to road surfaces.<\/p>\n

“Cyclists may be out a bit further than you’d want them to be as a motorist but you’ve got to bear in mind that the edges of the roads might be cracking from the weather we’ve had.”<\/p>\n

He added: “Ultimately, as the bigger vehicle, you’ll have more responsibility for keeping the more vulnerable road users safe.”<\/p>\n

Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds<\/a>, watch the latest episode of Look North<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During the race, the roads along the route will be closed to traffic. But Outen-Coe anticipates there will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-748134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}