I haven't seen the onboard of Peter Hickmans lap so wouldn't like to comment on whether it was a ragged lap or not, but either way it is a mega effort to achieve such a speed so soon.

All i would say is that I was told years ago that you cannot ride the tt course short circuit style, as it's too much of a risk. I think this has now changed if you are wanting to be on the leaderboard, which is supported by the fact Plater, and Hickman have achieved so much in the short space of time.

This goes for all the classes, the room for error is smaller than it's ever been over the top 4/5 so riders have to push from the start to be up there.