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A civil servant who took part in a "gruelling" 66-mile endurance bicycle race when he was off work on long-term sick leave with a viral chest infection has lost his case.

Andrew Hamlyn, an IT officer, 54, claimed he was unfairly dismissed from his job after failing to return to work for 92 days. But bosses at Teignbridge council say Hamlyn took part in an extreme competition called the Dartmoor Devil Endurance Event soon after he went off work.