Worker dies along Amgen Tour of California course
A man who died Wednesday morning while working at the Amgen Tour of California cycling race along state Highway 1 in unincorporated Monterey County has been identified.
A man who died Wednesday morning while working at the Amgen Tour of California cycling race along state Highway 1 in unincorporated Monterey County has been identified.
A man who died 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, a tour spokeswoman 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.
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 this morning. Stage 5 starts in Lodi and ends in South Lake Tahoe, Zebisch said.
According to a Facebook post by TV Motos International Inc., a company that films sporting events for television:
“Rob will be remembered always and profoundly missed. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family.”
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