I think that what they are worried about is that with the speed differential of 20 mins means that the front runners are running amongst back markers for a full lap and more in a 6 lapper and that is not a good thing at today's speeds , I know I am again in a minority in thinking that the speed differential has big safety concerns but I do firmly believe we must keep that as small as we can, and the only way that can be done is to make the qualifying time higher and cut the number of competitors allowed to start, neither of which would be popular with riders outside the top 40, but if riding a TT was easy it would not be worth doing and we would all want a go

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