A photo of the cyclist's bike, above, was published as part of the public appeal to identify him after he died on a coffee stop while carrying no ID or mobile phone.
Police in the UK have traced the family of a man who died on a coffee stop while training alone and was carrying no identification or mobile phone.
]The cyclist, who is British, died last Saturday near Manchester but when police were unable to identify him by Sunday morning they issued a photograph of his bike in the hope somebody would recognise it.
Cheshire Police have confirmed they established the man’s identity after the appeal.
He has been named as Stephen Hardacre (53) from Hazel Grove near Stockport.
When publishing a photo of the then unidentified deceased's De Rosa Merak bike, Cheshire Police explained the circumstances of his death.
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“At 8.30am on Saturday 21ts November, 2015, a man believed to be in his 60s became ill as he entered Costa Coffee in Poynton,” its appeal said in reference to the town on Cheshire Plain just over 10 miles south of Manchester.
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“The man, who had been cycling, was taken to Stepping Hill Hospital where he sadly died. The man had no ID on him and Cheshire Police are trying to identify him and locate his next of kin.”
The police statement described the dead man as white, 6ft tall, of slim build with short greying brown hair which is receding, and brown eyes.
He was wearing a red cycling top with black markings, black cycling shorts and silver, yellow and blue cycling shoes.
Sergeant Andy Baker said at the time he and his colleagues were anxious to trace the man’s family.
“The man had no ID on him, no bank cards, no phone; nothing to help us identify him so we can tell his family the sad news,” he said.
“We have been making extensive enquiries but we still have no idea who this man could be. I would urge anyone who recognises his description or the bike pictured, to contact us.”
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