Mike Hall (cyclist)
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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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Born | (1981-06-04)4 June 1981[1] |
Died | 31 March 2017(2017-03-31) (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]