Pdw, what are you talking about ? But are Rarely given permission ?
Been on the British Cycling website recently have we and actually looked ? Road races are happening pretty much every weekend all over the country in the season.
I agree about sportives though, its just that people like to think they are racing, it cant be a race unless everybody else starting sees it that way, which they dont, therefore sportives are not cycling races, they are sportives, thats why they are called sportives, not road races.
As for time trials the clue is in the name, its a race against the clock, or a ‘trial’