Pakistan, Aug. 16 -- British cyclist Finlay Tarling, 19, died Friday in a crash during the eighth stage of the Tour of Portugal, race organizers and police said.

Tarling, a rider with the NSN Development Team, died following a "serious accident" during the stage between Melgaco and Fafe, organizers said.

The podium ceremony was canceled "as a sign of respect and mourning," they added. A spokesman for Portugal's National Republican Guard (GNR), Tiago Machado, said there had been a collision between a cyclist and a light vehicle toward the back of the peloton.

"We do not yet know exactly the circumstances in which it unfolded. We will investigate," he told reporters, adding that there was "a strong police presence" throughout the stage....