Cyclist killed and another injured in separate incidents in Indian Pacific Wheel Race
by Kieran Pender from World news | The Guardian on (#6KHG4)
Western Australia police appeal for information after second death in race after British ultra-endurance cyclist Mike Hall was hit and killed near Canberra in 2017
Tragedy has again befallen the Indian Pacific Wheel Race, with a cyclist dead and another in a serious condition in hospital after separate incidents along Western Australia's remote Eyre Highway on Thursday morning.
The race sees participants ride solo and unsupported from Fremantle in Western Australia to the Sydney Opera House, covering 5,500 kilometres. It builds on a rich history of riders traversing Australia as early as the 1890s - considered to be the first Overlanders".
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