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A Woking man collapsed and died as he cycled up a steep hill at Newlands Corner during the RideLondon-Surrey 100 race on Sunday.

Kris Cook, 36, went into cardiac arrest 46 miles into the ride while attempting to climb the hill on Sunday afternoon, at around 1pm.

The civil servant was riding with his girlfriend Nicola Tait and a group of friends to raise money for Woking and Sam Beare Hospices, in Woking, when he complained of sharp chest pains at the bottom of the hill.

The last thing he said to partner Nicola was 'I'll meet you at the top of the hill Nic, on the left-hand side' and she arranged to meet him there but, shortly afterwards, he collapsed.

Nicola, 35, was told by a friend that Kris had come off his bike. Speaking to Get Surrey on Monday, she said: "There were no paramedics at the top of Newlands Corner, just a couple of support vehicles and he was given mouth to mouth while we waited 20 or 30 minutes for the ambulance to come.

"The paramedics gave him electric shock treatment and then he was taken to hospital.

"I had to go home and wait. The police called and came round to see me and I also spoke to a Prudential organiser who had a medical background and said the situation was looking grey."

A team of people tried to help Kris at the scene including paramedics from two ambulances, volunteers from a St John ambulance, air ambulance staff and Prudential RideLondon-Surrey medical staff.

He was taken to Royal Surrey County hospital in Guildford by ambulance in a life-threatening condition but died at 2.35pm.

Donations on Kris's fundraising page have more than doubled in under 24 hours since he died. The total stands at more than £3,000 and Nicola hopes this will be a small mercy from his death.

She said: "People have got to sponsor him, I really want him to raise as much money as he possibly can.

"It is going to help the family and the whole situation.

"I really want everyone to know, he was just the most wonderful person, he was so beautiful, he looked after me and everyone.

"He was so kind and so generous, I just can't believe he was taken because it is just so unfair."

Since news of his death, Kris's fundraising page has jumped from £600 to more than £12,000.

Kris's mother Sue Cook, has spoken of her shock at her son's sudden death. She said: "He was very caring and always cared about everyone else but himself.

"He didn't have a bad bone in his body and would always go the extra mile.

"I had worried all week that something would happen, maybe like a premonition that he would have an accident on his bike but I never thought this.

"We are of course shocked and Nicola is devastated, they had found each other, she had found her perfect partner and [they] were moving in together in September."

Kris, who worked in the prison service as a director for the safety of young people in public sector prisons, lived in a flat off Guildford Road in Woking.

His mum said that, although this was his first bike race, he was a "typical young lad" who had previously enjoyed water sports and mountain climbing.

The family had just visited Paris to see his younger brother Steven, 31, who lives in Perth with his partner.

Sue said her youngest son will now come back from Australia again to be with her and Kris's stepfather Dave Cook.

Kris and Nicola both had grandparents who were cared for at the Sam Beare Hospice and hoped to raise as much money for the hospice as possible.