Veteran British endurance cyclist Mike Hall died early Friday after being struck by a car during the Indian Pacific Wheel race from Perth to Sydney, event officials said
Canberra, Australia: Veteran British endurance cyclist Mike Hall died early Friday after being struck by a car during the Indian Pacific Wheel race from Perth to Sydney, event officials said.
Organizers called off the remainder of the race several hours after the accident.
Police from the Australian Capital Territory said a male cyclist died at the scene following the collision on the Monaro Highway near Williamsdale.
About six hours after the accident, race officials, after notifying his next of kin, confirmed in a statement that the cyclist was Hall, 35, of Harrogate, England. They called his death "a great loss to the global cycling community."
Hall was in second place in the race when his GPS tracker stopped moving on Friday morning near the scene of where the collision was reported.
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