Tom Simpson dies in Tour de France
November 27, 2009
Death on Mt Ventoux of British cycling ace Tom Simpson
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November 27, 2009
slomo you are a …
slomo you are a little man,he was a man of his times,you cant judge him buy todays values.
He cheated and paid …
He cheated and paid the price. That’s all that has to be said.
He died because of …
He died because of amphetamines
Tom Simpson and …
Tom Simpson and others of that day were allowed only 2 bottles of water the whole day. It is a miracle more did not collapse that day. Not fair to judge Simpson by today’s standards.
I hate the heat, …
I hate the heat, but to me it did not seem so hot that day for some reason, maybe I was so jacked up from the excitement. I was still very slow toward the top, maybe from the altitude, even though at 1910m it is not so high.
i did the same …
i did the same thing.. now i can understand that someone could die on such a mountain it was way to hot
Tom Simpson is not …
Tom Simpson is not the only loser….
I just did this …
I just did this climb on L’Etape du Tour 2009.
Two 20 oz bottles per hour is about right. km are irrelevant. what matters is the rate of dehydration per hr.
The importent thing …
The importent thing is limiting the weight deficit to 1kg maximum. If you weight 55kg before your ride, and weight 52 kg after the ride, you should have drunk 1 to 1.5l on the bike and re-hydrated and replenished glycogen stores in the 20 minutes after the ride.
thats way to much …
thats way to much water.. just imagine you doing a 150 km ride.. youd be driking 18 bottles of water which is like 9 leters.. i do 150km on 2 bottles which makes 1leter.
That is a bit tough …
That is a bit tough, 2 bottles for one day, on a hot day, I drink 2 bottles every 10 miles (16km)
i think sport in …
i think sport in general would be far more entertaining if drugs were legal,think about it,performance would increase making better viewing and more worl records!MAKE DRUGS COMPULSORY!
It takes a real …
It takes a real cyclist drugged up to his eyeballs to do that.
THAT IS THE …
THAT IS THE MOUNTAIN OF DEATH!!
yeah i can down two …
yeah i can down two bottles of water easy over 100 miles on a not hot day, on a hot day ill go thru 2 bottles of water in 40 miles easy.
the saying ‘put me …
the saying ‘put me on my bike’ was invented by a British journalist, he actually said ‘on, on, on’. You cannot judge Simpson on the attitude to drug taking that we now have. There simply wasn’t the controls in place that we have today, so to call Simpson a drug cheat is not really accurate or fair. Dorando Pietri collapsed in the last few yards of the 1908 London Olympic marathon in a similar way – though he lived to tell the tale.
Taking amphinemines …
Taking amphinemines and Alchohol is like taking speedball. Uppers and Downers dont mix well.
i think lifetime …
i think lifetime bans for doping would straighten the sport right up. you get some appeals but if you lose after that BAM! you’re done.
these 2 year suspensions aren’t doing shit.
that shows true …
that shows true dedication to your sport, when your last words were “Put me on my Bike” it takes a real cyclist to do that
The death of Mr. …
The death of Mr. Michael Jackson, for me, clearly is a similar case of doping, as like people have died before in sports, see this example.
It would be a nice change, if The Tour De France with Lance Armstrong can stay away from this culture. The race started yesterday.
yes true – to make …
yes true – to make matters worse regarding the hot day, officials only allowed two bottles of water to be handed out to the riders for the whole race which is a bit crazy since it was such a hot day.
Yes he died in the …
Yes he died in the Tour on his bike. They claimed that he had alcohol in his blood, which probably drove him past his physical limit.
did he died?
did he died?
I agree, every time …
I agree, every time i’m at the mont ventoux i have one minute of standing still before his statue. And most of the time it makes me cry and i just can’t help it.
It is haunting …
It is haunting watching that footage as he is going “paper boy”. May he never be forgotten.