Fundraising ex-cancer patient dies during 100-mile bike ride
Robin Chard suffered a cardiac arrest at Kingston Bridge during the RideLondon-Surrey 100 event.
A former cancer patient has died during the RideLondon-Surrey 100 cycle event.
Robin Chard, 48, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, who was raising money for Cancer Research UK, suffered a cardiac arrest at Kingston Bridge at around the 25-mile mark of the 100-mile ride.
He received immediate treatment from fellow riders and medical personnel at the scene, but died later in Kingston Hospital.
Mr Chard lost both his father, Edwin, and stepfather, Bert, to lung cancer. His mother-in-law, Sheila, also died from non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
He had overcome the cancer Hodgkin Lymphoma in childhood.
His wife Vickie said:
Organisers said 33 riders out of over 29,000 were taken to hospital during the event. Seven were still being treated on Monday with three in a serious condition.