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Cyclists mourn with black armbands- 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00

Entrants of the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour will wear black armbands to mourn the death of three cyclists hit by a motorist outside Oudtshoorn this week.

Frank Nel, 60, Jan Elloff, 73, and Magda van Lill, 50 died instantly when they were hit by a car on the R62.

Hendrik Lemmer, director of Cycling South Africa's Road Cycling Commission, said: ‘On behalf of Cycling South Africa, I'd like to extend condolences to the families of those cyclists who died. I also want them to know that our appeal to cyclists to wear black armbands in the Cycle Tour on Sunday is more than a sign of our collective sorrow, it's a commitment to do something about the lack of general awareness of cyclists on our roads.’

A new national campaign called Sign-Up, has been created and is aimed at raising funds to post more ‘beware cyclist’ signs along cycling routes throughout the country.

Daryl Impey, one of South Africa's top professional cyclists, has recently become a patron of the campaign.

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