Health and safety investigators are looking into the suggestion that the road where cyclist Ralph Brazier died last week in Weybridge had undergone recent road maintenance.

Mr Brazier, 52, of Basing Close in Thames Ditton, died at St Peter’s Hospital last Tuesday night after crashing at the junction of Hamm Court and Weybridge Road at about 8pm.

A spokeswoman from South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) said Mr Brazier had come off his bicycle and was found to be in cardiac arrest.

On Thursday morning, workers had fenced off a drain where the road appeared to have been recently repaired.

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The drain on the junction of Hamm Court appeared to have been recently repaired days after the crash

A Surrey County Council spokesman said last week: “Weybridge Road has been resurfaced in the last 18 months and it is important we now wait for the outcome of the investigation into what happened this week.

“Our thoughts remain with the man’s family and friends.”

Surrey Police and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced last week that they had launched an investigation following Mr Brazier's death.

A HSE spokesman said this week: “We are jointly investigating this incident with the police as there is a suggestion there had been recent road maintenance activity at the scene of the incident.”

Friends and family led the tributes to the ‘keen cyclist’, who had been the chief financial officer at software business BookingTek, based in Richmond.

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Tributes were left at the roadside where Mr Brazier died

He was also a member of the Twickenham Cycling Club and the Dittons Velo.

His wife Karen, 52, said he was a “devoted father and loving husband who will be very much missed.”

She said: “We made our home in Thames Ditton, where Ralph was very much part of the local community.

“He was an inspiration to all those who knew him and raised thousands of pounds for children’s and cancer charities through sponsored cycling events.”

Matthew Stubbs, founder and chief executive of BookingTek, said: “Ralph had been here over the last three years and has been a key part of our growth as well as being a great friend.

“It is very, very difficult and has come as a huge shock to everybody. He had a very strong moral compass and was a very healthy, clean living chap.

“He was an extremely keen cyclist for a 52-year-old man and used to regularly beat the younger guys. It is sad that he lost his life doing what he enjoyed the most.

“He was a genuine, warm person and we will miss him enormously.”

Flowers, tributes, and a jersey from the Twickenham Cycling Club were left at the roadside where Mr Brazier died.