Jason MacIntyre (20 September 1973 – 15 January 2008) was a Scottish

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. He was a triple British and Scottish champion

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cyclist and broke

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's time trial Scottish record in 2007. He was killed after a collision with a van on the

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Early life

MacIntyre was born on 20 September 1973 in

Lochgilphead Lochgilphead (; gd, Ceann Loch Gilb ) is a town and former burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with a population of around 2,300 people. It is the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute. The village lies at the end of Loch Gi ...

Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...

, Scotland. His family moved to Fort William when he was ten years old. He attended

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, leaving in the sixth year and then he trained as a printer and lithographer.

Cycling career

He started cycling at the relatively late age of 18. At the age of 22 he went to

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to train over the winter. The following year he won the 1997 Tour of the North in

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at the age of 23. 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. He represented

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at the

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in Manchester and competed in the final of the Men's Road Race although did not finish. He won the

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in 2006, the second Scot to achieve this. He won the British 25-mile time trial twice, in 2006 and 2007. Those years he also won the Scottish 25-mile time trial. He won thirteen Scottish titles. In January 2008 the Braveheart Cycling Fund confirmed they would award him £2,000 towards racing expenses.

Death

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 the

in Fort William. He was

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ed to hospital, but died of his injuries on the way. His corneas were donated for transplantation. His funeral was held on 23 January in Duncansburgh Parish Church. MacIntyre was married and had twin daughters, who were eight years old at the time of his death. A memorial fund launched by the Braveheart Cycling Fund to provide assistance to MacIntyre's family raised £28,000 in less than a month. The fund aims to pay for a

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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. MacTaggart was fined £500 and had his driving licence suspended for six months. On the first anniversary of his death, MacIntyre's family placed a

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at Carrs Corner as a permanent memorial. A

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was held in March 2010.

Career highlights

;1997 :1st General Classification P&O Irish Sea Tour of the North (GBR) ;2000 :1st Scottish G.P. overall (GBR) :1st Glasgow – Dunoon RR (British

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) (GBR) :1st Scottish Hill Climb Championships, Bonnyton Moor (GBR) :1st Scottish Olympic ITT (GBR) :1st Scottish G.P. overall (GBR) ;2004 :1st Scottish Road Race Championship (GBR) :1st Scottish 4000M Pursuit (GBR) ;2005 :1st Scottish Olympic ITT (GBR) ;2006 :1st Scottish 10-mile ITT (GBR) :1st C.T.T. British 25-mile ITT (GBR) :1st Scottish Criterium Championship (GBR) :1st Scottish 25-mile ITT (GBR) :1st Scottish Olympic ITT (GBR) :1st

(GBR) :1st Scottish Hill Climb Championships, Bonnyton Moor (GBR) :1st Scottish Road Race Championship (GBR) ;2007 :2nd British 10-mile ITT (GBR) :1st Scottish 10-mile ITT (GBR) :1st C.T.T. British 25-mile ITT (GBR) :1st Scottish 25-mile ITT (GBR) :1st Ian Wallis Memorial 10-mile ITT – 2007 New Scottish record (18:47) (GBR) :1st Scottish Olympic ITT (Eglinton) (GBR) :1st Tour of the Trossachs (Aberfoyle), New course record (1:04:47) (GBR) :1st Scottish Hill Climb Championships, Bonnyton Moor (GBR)

References

External links

archive of his blog at www.jasonmacintyre.co.uk

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macintyre, Jason 1973 births 2008 deaths Scottish male cyclists Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cycling road incident deaths Road incident deaths in Scotland People from Lochgilphead People educated at Lochaber High School Organ transplant donors People from Fort William, Highland Sportspeople from Highland (council area) Sportspeople from Argyll and Bute