British cycling legend Mike Hall dies aged 35

Baku. 1 April. REPORT.AZ/ Veteran British endurance cyclist Mike Hall has died after being struck by a car during the Indian Pacific Wheel race from Perth to Sydney, event officials said.

Report informs referring to the Mirror, organisers 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.

The cyclist was travelling north, just inside the ACT border with New South Wales state, when the crash happened.

More than six hours after the accident, race officials, after notifying his next of kin, confirmed in a statement that the cyclist was Hall, 35, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire.