POLICE have named the cyclist who was killed, and another who was seriously injured, in a hit-and-run incident on a North Yorkshire road.
The dead man has been named as Stefan Vaughan Howard Forge, age 47.
Police said he is from "the Hookstone Avenue area of Harrogate."
Mr Forge was found lying at the side of the A658, near Ripon, early yesterday, and was confirmed dead at the scene.
His fellow cyclist, Jonathan Wastling, 42, and also from Harrogate, was taken to Harrogate District Hospital with back, neck, shoulder and hip injuries.
His condition was described as "stable."
Updated: 10:55 Friday, August 24, 2001
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