Mike Hall (cyclist)
Michael Richard Hall (4 June 1981 – 31 March 2017) was a British cyclist and race organizer. He specialized in self-supported ultra-distance races.
Mike Hall | |
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 Mike Hall at the Riders Briefing before the 2015 Transcontinental Race in Geraardsbergen, Belgium | |
| Born | 4 June 1981[1] |
| Died | 31 March 2017 (aged 35) |
| Cause of death | Car accident |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Engineer[3] |
| Known for | Winner of multiple ultra-distance, self-supported bicycle races and organiser of the Transcontinental Race |
| Website | normallyaspiratedhuman |
In 2012, he won the inaugural World Cycle Race. In 2013 and 2016, he won the Tour Divide ultra-endurance mountain bike race across the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States. In 2014, he won the inaugural Trans Am Bike Race, a road-based event from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast in the United States.
From 2013, he was the principal organizer of the Transcontinental Race, an event similar to the TransAm Bicycle Race, but that traverses Europe. He died after being struck by a car while racing in the inaugural Indian Pacific Wheel Race.
Hall was killed in a car accident on 31 March 2017 in ACT, Australia, aged 35.[2]
Mike Hall (cyclist) Media
Finish party for the 2014 TCR, with Mike Hall on the microphone
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cyclist wins round-the-world race in record time". theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Champion cyclist Mike Hall killed in accident during Indian Pacific Wheel Race, The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March 2017
- ↑ John, Timothy. "Adventurous spirits: Mike Hall, Ed Pickup, and the Trans Am bike race". Road Cycling UK. MPORA Pure Action Sports. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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