UPDATED: Cyclist Dies of Heart Attack During Century Race

A rider in the Santa Rosa Cycling Club's annual Wine Country Centur4y died Sunday of an apparent heart attack, according to the Press Democrat.

A reader responded to the article saying the rider was witnessed receiving CPR midday on West Dry Creek Rd., outside of Healdsburg. The location places the rider on the shorter 200-kilomter route, still over a "century" ride at 121 miles.

The PD said the man was a 54-year old who "had flown from Phoenix to take part in the Wine Country Century" with his wife, also a participant in the race.

UPDATE: The Sonoma County coroner's office identified the cyclist as 54-year-old Michael Frederick Blaisuis of Albuquerque, N.M. He was pronounced dead at 2:07 p.m., according to the coroner's office.

Blaisuis suffered a medical emergency during the ride and collapsed. Fellow riders, volunteers and emergency medical staff tried to revive him but were unsuccessful, the Santa Rosa Cycling Club said on its website. - From Bay City News Service

Subsequent notes from readers clarified that it was not The Terrible Two 200-mile course in and around Sonoma County but the Wine Country Century, about which more information can be had here.

Read the complete article on the Press Democrat.

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