More than 1,000 cyclists have ridden along Sydney Road, in Melbourne's inner north, in memory of Alberto Paulon who died while cycling on the busy road last week.

Mr Paulon, 25, was riding in Brunswick with his fiancee when a motorist opened their car door and knocked him into the path of a truck.

Mr Paulon's fiancee and his family, who have flown in from Italy, joined the ride.

Speakers at the event included Mr Paulon's fiancee Cristina Canedda, the State MP for Brunswick Jane Garrett, Victoria Police and Simon Gillett, patron of the Amy Gillett foundation.

Ms Canedda thanked the crowd for their support and said there had to be a fight to improve the safety of cyclists.

"Remember what we are here for, remember riders we have lost to car-dooring," she said.

Killed cyclist Alberto Paulon's fiancee Cristina Canedda speaks to a crowd of commemorative riders on Sydney Rd, in Brunswick. ( ABC News: Alison Savage )

"I want to make sure that something is going to change, I can not think that this can happen again."

Ed Hore, who organised the event, said that the ride was a call to the Government to make riding safer for all cyclists.

"Today we ride for Alberto Paulon, we ride for Alberto's partner Cristina, Alberto's family and his friends," Mr Hore said on Friday.

"Today we ride for the fallen riders before him and the lives lost yet to happen.

"As bike riders we are a community and these things affect all of us, we ride on our bikes, not surrounded by metal and not protected from harm."

The Greens said they would re-introduce a bill into State Parliament requiring drivers travelling at 60 kilometres per hour (kph) or less to leave a distance of at least one metre when overtaking a bicycle.

Cars travelling faster than 60kph would have to leave a gap of 1.5 metres, under the legislation.

Greens transport spokesperson Samantha Dunn said a gap in Victorian law was leaving cyclists exposed.

"The Greens are pushing to make cycling safer alongside the Amy Gillett Foundation's A Metre Matters campaign," Ms Dunn said.

"Similar protections have been legislated in Queensland, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. Victoria deserves the same."

The State Government had already committed funding to improve cycling infrastructure in Brunswick before Mr Paulon's death.

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