‘AN INCREDIBLE ROLE MODEL’

Magnus White remembered for talent, determination

Boulder residents and the cycling community on Monday were mourning the death of 17-year-old cyclist Magnus White, remembered as a selfmotivated cyclist who was an “incredible role model”.

The rising star, who was scheduled to race on the U.S. team at the upcoming world championships in Scotland, was killed Saturday when he was hit by a vehicle during a training ride near his Boulder home.

“He proudly represented the U.S. and the Boulder community,” USA Cycling officials said in a statement on Sunday announcing his death. “We offer our heartfelt condolences to the White family, his teammates, friends, and the Boulder community during this incredibly difficult time. We ride for Magnus.”

Magnus was emerging as a multidisciplinary star, winning a junior national championship in cyclocross in 2021 and earning a place on the U.S. national team. He competed with the team in Europe ahead of last year’s cyclocross world championships, and he was picked to represent the United States again at this year’s cyclocross worlds in the Netherlands. He broadened his cycling this season into road cycling and mountain biking. He was on one of his final training rides before the junior world mountain bike championships in Glasgow, Scotland, when the crash happened.

He was riding on Colorado 119 (the Diagonal Highway) north of Boulder, south of the intersection with North 63rd Street, early Saturday afternoon when he was hit by a Toyota Matrix driven by a 23-yearold woman from Westminster, Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gabriel Moltrer said. The Matrix apparently crossed onto the shoulder of the highway.

Magnus was thrown from his bicycle. He was transported to a hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

‘Effortless grace’

Magnus’s passion for cycling started at age 2 with his first strider bike, his parents, Michael and Jill, said in a statement. He was an “incredibly self-motivated cyclist who was just reaching his potential.”

Their son had a smile that lit up the room, the Whites said. The outpouring of support

ETHAN GLADING — COURTESY OF USA CYCLING Authorities are investigating after Magnus White, pictured in a 2021handout photo, was killed Saturday, July 29, 2023, when an SUV hit him on Colorado 119 near 63rd Street in Boulder, Colorado, while he was on a training ride. Magnus, 17, was a member of the USA team and was preparing to compete in the Junior Men’s Mountain Bike Cross-country World Championships in August in Glasgow, Scotland.

ETHAN GLADING — COURTESY OF USA CYCLING USA Cycling junior cyclist Magnus White of Boulder