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Jason MacIntyre (20 September 1973 – 15 January 2008) was a Scottishracing cyclist. He was a triple British and Scottish championtime trial cyclist and brokeGraeme Obree's 10-mile (16 km) time trial Scottish record in 2007. He was killed after a collision with a van on theA82 road.[2][3]
He started cycling at the relatively late age of 18. At the age of 22 he went toLanzarote to train over the winter.[5] The following year he won the 1997 Tour of the North inNorthern Ireland at the age of 23.[3] He then took a break from competitive cycling when he assumed the role of full-time carer for one of his twin daughters who was born with a kidney condition.[5]
He represented Scotland at the2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and competed in the final of the Men's Road Race although did not finish.[6] He won theBritish National Time Trial Championships in 2006, the second Scot to achieve this.[7] He won the British 25-mile time trial twice, in 2006 and 2007. Those years he also won the Scottish 25-mile time trial.[8] He won thirteen Scottish titles.[5]
In January 2008 the Braveheart Cycling Fund confirmed they would award him £2,000 towards racing expenses.[9][10]
On 15 January 2008, MacIntyre was on a training ride when a van turned across his path and he collided with it at Carrs Corner on theA82 road in Fort William.[3] He wasairlifted to hospital, but died of his injuries on the way.[3] His corneas were donated for transplantation.[11] His funeral was held on 23 January in Duncansburgh Parish Church.[12]
MacIntyre was married and had twin daughters, who were eight years old at the time of his death.[3] A memorial fund launched by the Braveheart Cycling Fund to provide assistance to MacIntyre's family[10] raised £28,000 in less than a month.[13][14] The fund aims to pay for acarer for one of his daughters, who has a serious kidney condition.
In March 2008, Robert MacTaggart, the driver of the council van that killed MacIntyre appeared at Fort William Sherriff court and pled guilty to the charge of careless driving.[15] MacTaggart was fined £500 and had his driving licence suspended for six months.[16]
On the first anniversary of his death, MacIntyre's family placed aghost bike at Carrs Corner as a permanent memorial.[17][18]
