A Devellian will be cycling up the Rockpile during next month’s Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb.
Leo Devellian, the son of Dick Devellian, is riding the Aug. 21 race to honor his late father killed last year in Intervale by a motorist while bicycling.
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