Changes could be made to the Olympic road cycling race after the test event left parts of London gridlocked.
Olympic organisers admit criticism will be taken on board
Changes could be made to aspects of the road cycling race at London 2012 after the test event left some parts of the capital gridlocked.
Some Londoners were furious on Sunday when roads in the capital had to be shut to allow the 87-mile (140km) road cycling test event to take place.
Even England and Surrey cricketer Kevin Pietersen took to the internet to vent his anger at having to deal with delays due to the event - The London - Surrey Cycle Classic.
Pietersen, who lives in Chelsea, wrote on Twitter on Sunday: "Anybody else have to abandon their cars & walk miles to their houses today in West London??"
But London 2012's head of sport competition David Luckes played down the incident on Monday, but admitted he would be taking the criticism on board in order to make next year's Olympics run smoothly.
"We recognised that putting on a 140km race starting and finishing in central London would obviously create a few challenges," said Luckes.
"That's something we will sit down and review with all the stakeholders as we move forward.
"We have had a chat with the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale), which has been very positive and now we need to sit down with the other parties and talk to them."
Testing times
Test events for 15 sports have now been completed ahead of next year's Olympics.
Most have run smoothly and have been widely praised by spectators and athletes, with only a handful of minor complaints.
The next test event to hit the capital starts on Tuesday with the London International Basketball Invitational at the basketball arena in Stratford.
The event will be the first time the Olympic Park, which also contains the Olympic Stadium and the velodrome, will host competitive sport.
Australia, Great Britain, Serbia, Croatia, China and France will take part in the competition, which will serve as a warm-up for the Eurobasket Finals in Lithuania at the end of the month.
A number of NBA stars are due to take part although Britain's Luol Deng will only play in Saturday's match against China and Sunday's clash with Australia.
Around 2,600 tickets inside the 12,000 capacity arena have been made available to supporters and most games have sold out.
Luckes is hoping the event will be a good test for the arena.
He said: "This is key to our preparation for 2012. We looking to test timing scoring, technology around the competition. Workforce, accreditation and security will also be tested."
The arena is a temporary structure which will be dismantled after the Games has ended to make room for new housing.
Organisers for the following Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are interested in using the arena in 2016, it was confirmed today.
Richard Arnold from the Olympic Delivery Authority said: "There is not a definitive plan yet Rio has shown quite a bit of interest in having the fabric and the structure. All these elements have been developed so they can be re-used."
