Mid-race heart attack claims Amgen Tour worker
The television motorcycle pilot was parked on the side of the road when he died along Highway 1, roughly 10 miles north of the San Luis Obispo County line.
The television motorcycle pilot was parked on the side of the road when he died along Highway 1, roughly 10 miles north of the San Luis Obispo County line.
A man who suffered a fatal heart attack Wednesday morning while working at the Amgen Tour of California cycling race along state Highway 1 in unincorporated Monterey County has been identified as 51-year-old Robert Llewelyn, tour officials said.
Llewelyn was a television motorcycle pilot parked on the side of the road when he died along Highway 1 roughly 10 miles north of the San Luis Obispo County line, tour spokeswoman Cassie Zebisch said.
Said tour president Kristin Klein in a statement:
“Rob was a 20-year veteran driver who was passionate about the sport of cycling and loved being on the course every day.”
California Highway Patrol officers responded to the scene around 11:45 a.m. on a report that someone suffered a medical emergency, lost consciousness and fell down, CHP Officer Oscar Loza said.
The CHP had initially reported that the person was on a motorcycle while experiencing the emergency, but Zebisch clarified that the individual was on the side of the road waiting for approaching cyclists and wasn’t operating a vehicle.
Stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California went from Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County north to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey County on Wednesday.
A moment of silence was held for Llewelyn before Stage 5 of the race began Thursday morning. Stage 5 started in Lodi and ends in South Lake Tahoe, Zebisch said.
A Facebook post by TV Motos International Inc., a company that films sporting events for television coverage, read:
“Rob will be remembered always and profoundly missed. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family.”
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