Overview

• Local police, the Guardia Civil and emergency medics responded to Mediterranean Avenue near Carabassi Beach and the man was certified dead at the scene.
• Witnesses told officers the rider came off his bike while going uphill rather than being struck by a vehicle.
• Photos from the scene showed Civil Guard officers retrieving a Cannondale racing bike from a grassy embankment beside the road.
• Authorities have not released the cyclist’s identity or whether he was a local resident or a visiting holidaymaker.
• The incident occurred Friday morning in the Costa Blanca resort area, and follows separate cycling fatalities involving British riders in Majorca earlier this year.