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Cycling "stalwart" Bryan Stout killed while riding his bike in Mallorca

86-year-old campaigner and Catford CC mainstay was hit by car driven by man over drink and drugs limit

Bryan Stout, described as a “stalwart” of cycling both as a campaigner and club member, has been k killed while riding his bike in Mallorca yesterday following a collision involving a vehicle driven by a man reportedly driving under the influence of drink and drugs.

The Diario de Mallorca reports that Stout, who was due to celebrate his 86th birthday on Sunday, died instantly in the crash which happened at around 2pm in Port d’Alcudia, a hugely popular destination for cyclists from the UK and beyond

Police are trying to establish the precise circumstances of the fatal incident, but tested the motorist, a 48-year-old Spaniard, for alcohol and drugs. He returned a positive test for both.

Formerly a volunteer PR officer with the London Cycling Campaign (LCC), the 86-year-old was also vice-president of the Catford Cycling Club, where he helped establish the Hell of the Ashdown sportive, and a past president of the Pedal Club.

Dozens of tributes have been left on his Facebook page, typically referring to the warmth of his personality and sense of humour.

Stout’s own final post there was made on Monday.

Steve Airey, vice-president of Catford Cycling Club, wrote the following tribute on Stout’s Facebook page.

Besides his former role as a volunteer at LCC, Stout had been closely involved with Stop Killing Cyclists, whose co-founder, Donnachadh McCarthy said on the campaign group’s Facebook page that he was “gutted” to hear the news.

He wrote: “Bryan Stout was a stalwart supporter of Stop Killing Cyclists since we were founded.

“A lovely. enthusiastic, courteous and constructive campaigner for safer roads.

“A terrible loss especially for his family and friends but also to our wider cycling community.

“I personally shall miss his generous and encouraging support to much of my cycling and wider campaigning work.

“Bryan did not deserve to die from road violence.

“Nobody deserves to die from road violence.

“And so I am sure that I speak for all of us when I say, we shall re-dedicate ourselves to ending the lethal violence on our roads," he added.

“Cycle in peace Bryan.”

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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planetjanet | 6 years ago
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Very, very sad indeed. This driver should be locked up for years. 

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Yorkshire wallet | 6 years ago
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RIP. Another sad day where the waste of people take out the decent people.

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Marrakoosh | 6 years ago
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Absolutely gutting.

Was out there on the same camp with him the week just gone; his son founded our cycling club down in Ashford and we were out there cycling with him.

A lovely man, very friendly, very funny ("this soup is soup-erb"), a charlatan (pretending to need a walking stick so he could get on the plane quicker and get to chat to air stewardesses) and who was very bad at quizzes (I still can't forgive him for giving the answer 'Spanish Civil War' as when Casablanca was set when we had a quiz night on Thursday and he was in our team). He was talking last week about how he was feeling fitter and faster recently, having cycled 50km on Wednesday with his son.

He will be sorely, sorely missed by all of us in Club Grappa and many more besides.

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Fish_n_Chips | 6 years ago
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Poor guy.

 

Very sad to read.

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