Former pro Logan Loader dies at age 30

Logan Loader
(Image credit: Pat Malach / Oregon Cycling Action)

Former professional rider and 2013 US amateur time trial champion Logan Loader died early Thursday morning, according to an announcement on social media by the local union of which Loader was a member.

"It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of one of our own brothers and EMT’s Logan Loader," the Monterey County Ambulance IAFF L4513 wrote on its Facebook page. 

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