It's made the nationals:
Teenage cycling champion tipped for Olympics is killed in horror smash five miles from his home | Mail OnlineToday it emerged Balyckyi of Walton-Le-Dale, Lancashire, who succeeded World champion cyclist Mark Cavendish as a junior winner of the British National Circuit Race Championships, had taken up the sport after a life battling adversity.
He was born eight weeks premature and overcame a stammer by taking up waiter jobs simply because they involved speaking to customers.
He became the under 16 champion at the BNCRC in 2008 and was tipped to take part in the 2012 Olympics having competed across England and Europe. He was a member of the Team Wallis squad based at the Ribble Valley.
Cyclists are now planning a memorial ride for Balyckyi which is expected to be attended by British Gold medal winning cyclist Bradley Wiggins.
The dead man's father Kevin Balyckyi, 46, a former fireman said his son had died 'doing what he loved.'
In an emotion-charged statement on behalf of his family Kevin added: 'Lewis was every parent's dream, he never had a frown on his face, always laughing.
'Whenever he was around the people he was with were uplifted and always felt better for the experience, his cheeky smile winning even the sternest of people over.
'He was a fighter from the moment he was born, eight weeks prematurely, he blossomed into the strapping man that he was, the fittest person I knew, and a resolve like no other.
'He battled against a stammer with typical vigour, like taking a job as a waiter, he never shied away from any challenge.
'From the age of eight he raced his cycle all over the country, discovering a flair for winning that inspired his competitors to push themselves harder than they ever thought possible, although he was always down to earth and willing to help and give advice to whoever asked for it, even to his own detriment.
