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Sad news from Granfather Mountain Games
« on: July 08, 2011, 03:50:48 PM »
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20110708/NEWS01/110708029/Updated-Cyclist-killed-Grandfather-Mountain-race-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage

BOONE — A cyclist killed Friday during Grandfather Mountain's Highland Games was an experienced rider and bike-racing enthusiast, a colleague at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center said.

Erik Lie-Nielson, 35, was riding in the challenging 65-mile Grizzly Bike Race through hills and valleys of northwestern North Carolina when he apparently lost control of his bike on a downhill portion of the route and crashed into an oncoming car, Highway Patrol officials said.