Plaud, Gaston, 98
Poli, Eros, 142–8
downhill race speed of, 18
and long distance, 199
size and weight of, 10, 142, 145, 146
in Tour 1994, 10, 18, 142–8, 220, 275
Pont de Rognonas, 57
Portal, Nicolas, 249
Porte, Richie, 220, 232–3, 237, 241, 242–3
in Tour 2013, 199
in Tour 2016, 244, 250
Poulidor, Raymond, 29, 121, 196
Prétot, Julien, 253, 255–6
Procycling, 53
Prost, Alain, 34
in Tour 2000, 34
La Provence Sportive, 22
Prudhomme, Christian, 23, 24, 25, 203, 216, 231, 246, 258, 275
and Nice terror attack, 253, 254–5
Put Me Back on My Bike (Fotheringham), 23
Puy de Dôme, 60
Quick-step, 101
Quintana, Nairo, 175
in Tour 2013, 198–9, 201, 228
in Tour 2016, 258
Racing Through the Dark (Millar), 225
La Repubblica, 117
Reynolds, Harry, 78
Riccò, Riccardo, 152
Riis, Bjarne, 142, 157, 188, 226
Rivière, Roger, in Tour 1960, 75, 77
Robic, Jean ‘Biquet’:
and climbs, 62
Géminiani’s fracas with, 65
in Tour 1947, 63
in Tour 1952, 64, 65–6
Robinson, Brian, 78, 284
Roche, Stephen, 46, 112, 137
Rocher du Cire, 85
Rodríguez, Manolo, in Tour 1951, 58
Roi du Mont Ventoux, 108–20 passim
Rolland, Antonin, in Tour 1955, 67, 71
Rolland, Pierre, 182
Rooks, Steven, 137
Route des Cèdres, 31
Route du Sud, 181
Routes du Ventoux, 28
RoyalDine cafeteria, 41
Rumeau, Christian, 137, 138–9
Sagan, Peter, 219, 241, 257
St Colombe, 10, 21, 241
St Didier, Mondial Cups, 41
St Estève, 161
bends leading to, 19
brutality of bend at, 10–11
Chalet Reynard to, 207
as decisive point, 160
road surface at, 74
St Raphaël-Géminiani., 51
St Rémy-de-Provence, 32
Sarrians, 88
Sault, 19, 27, 28, 31, 90, 134, 141–2
to Chalet Raynard, 42, 46
Chalet Reynard to, 19, 241
and Cingles du Ventoux, 31
and Tom Simpson randonnée, 41, 42–3
Sciandri, Max, in Tour 1994, 146
The Secret Race (Hamilton, Coyle), 189–90
Sénanque abbey, 250
Sepúlveda, Eduardo, 257–8
Sestrières, 60, 63
Shadows on the Road (Barry), 230, 231
Sidwells, Chris, 271
Simeoni, Philippo, 155
Simpson, Helen, see Hoban, Helen
Simpson, Joanne, 266–77, 279–81
and autopsy report, 271–2
and father’s memorial, 274, 275–6
head injury to, 267–8
and Merckx, 272–3
Simpson, Tom, 15, 216
anniversary of death of, 20th, 41
anniversary of death of, 30th, 273
anniversary of death of, 50th, 23, 27, 272, 274–5
attempts to revive, 39
BBC Sports Personality of the Year, 23, 108
at Bédoin, 33
and Corsica, 99, 124
daughter seeks autopsy report on, 271–2
daughter’s interview concerning, 268–77, 279–81
death of, 1–2, 22–3, 29, 37, 39, 72, 82, 97–8, 123
and doping, 125, 157
and draft-dodger accusations, 51
fan club of, 96
first Tour de France of, 77
funeral of, 98
hand injury of, 106, 107
at Harworth Cycling Club, 49
kidney infection of, 107
memorial to, 39, 97, 104, 201, 274, 275–7
Merckx’s near-feud with, 98
in Miroir du Cyclisme, 36
and number 13, 275
randonnée (sportive) marks anniversary of, 41–5
in Tour 1960, 77–8
in Tour 1961, 95
in Tour 1965, 106–8
in Tour 1967, 125–6
in Tour of Flanders, 95
and Tour’s parent organisation, 23
Vaughters on, 183
world champion, 22, 108
Yorkshire Post obituary of, 283
Simpson, Tom Sr, 49, 51, 284
Six Day race, 140
60 Minutes, 189
Skil team, 135, 136, 137
Slaying the Badger (Moore), 128
Slot, Owen, 232–3
Soulor, 55
Spanish Pyrenees, 176
Stabholz, Camille, 132–3
Stelvio, 11
Stephens, Neil, in Tour 1994, 146
Sunday Times, 166
Sutton, Shane, 210, 211
and select committee, 261–2
Talansky, Andrew, 241
Tapie, Bernard, 127, 128–30
Tapie, Dominique, 129–30
Taylor, Alec, 284–5
Team Astana, 223, 234–5
Team GB, 214, 261
Team Sky, 65, 150, 197–8, 213, 214, 220–1, 223, 225–6, 228–35 passim, 237, 241, 249 (see also Brailsford, Dave)
author’s tweet concerning, 259
mistrust of, 228
and select committee, see under Brailsford, David
statement of, on tramadol, 231–2
strategic errors of, 225
and therapeutic-use exemptions (TUEs), 236
zero-tolerance policy of, 150, 215, 223, 228–9, 234, 236
Terrasses du Ventoux café, 93
therapeutic-use exemptions (TUEs), 204, 215, 229–30, 232, 236, 260, 263
Thévenet, Bernard, 26, 29
in Tour 1972, 24, 27, 121
Thomas, Geraint, 241, 242
Thomazeau, François, 278–9
Times, 226, 232, 236
Tinkoff Saxo team, 241
Tirreno–Adriatico, 246
Tom Simpson randonnée, 41–5
Tomorrow We Ride (Bobet), 54–5
Torti, Emilio Croci, 69
Toshiba team, 127, 130
Toulourenc, 82, 83, 91, 92–3
Tour of Flanders, 95, 257, 267
Tour de France, 217
1947, 63
1950, 68
1951, 55–8, 62
1952, 60–1, 62–5
1953, 66
1954, 66, 68
1955, 29, 36, 39, 66–72, 76, 123, 195
1958, 29, 71, 73–5
1960, 77–8
1961, 95
1962, 75
1965, 29, 106–8
1966, 122
1967, 3–5, 23, 33, 71, 98, 123, 125–6, 269, 279
1969, 101, 103, 122
1970, 23, 24–5, 29, 97–8, 102–6, 109, 110, 115, 120
1972, 24, 26, 27, 29, 120–2
1976, 26
1983, 47
1984, 47
1986, 127, 128, 135, 140
1987, 20, 41, 46–8, 109, 115, 127, 130–1
1989, 127
1994, 10, 18, 142–8, 220, 228, 275
1998, 113, 140, 156, 187
1999, 115, 171
2000, 34, 109, 113, 161–4, 185, 228, 236
2001, 180
2002, 109, 115, 117, 186, 208–9
2006, 201–8
2007, 208
2008, 208
2009, 35, 109, 154–5, 190–1, 199, 277
2010, 190
2012, 65, 190, 226
2013, 109, 197, 198–201, 213, 217–18, 220, 221–3, 226–7, 228, 236, 250
2014, 64
2015, 27, 187, 230, 2
34–5, 257–8
2016, 242–6, 248–59, 275
2017, 274–5
‘boring’, 160
in Britain, 210
commercial interests take over from national in, 64
and La Course, 209
Dauphiné goes hand in hand with, 66
and doping, 42, 55, 59, 71, 75, 115–16, 117, 122–3, 142, 155–7, 167–8, 170, 203, 217, 218 (see also Armstrong, Lance; doping)
and extreme-weather protocol (EWP), 245–6
and Festina scandal, 113, 115, 140, 156, 187
first British win in, 203
first mountain time trial of, 73
first TV coverage of, 63
French riders dominate, 48
and hypothermia, 34
and individual time trial, 40
and infighting (1958), 73–4
King of the Mountains classification of, 68
memorabilia from, 28–9
and Nice terror attack, 253–6
and Operación Puerto, 156, 203, 208
and post-terrorism security, 243–4
and Robic–Géminiani fracas (1952), 65
and Roi du Mont Ventoux film, 108–20
and Simpson anniversary, 274–5
women’s, 2002, 208–9
women’s, 2006, 201–8
women’s, 2007, 208
women’s, 2008, 208
Yorkshire as feature of, 25–6
Tour of Romandie, 229, 230
Tour of Spain, see Vuelta a España
Tour of Valencia, 164
Tour of Ventoux, 82
Tour de Yorkshire, 63
Tourmalet, 24, 216
Tours du Sud-Est, 22
tramadol, see under doping
Tricart, Cyrille, 254
TripAdvisor, 14, 20
Trott, Laura, 211
TUEs (therapeutic-use exemptions), 204, 215, 229–30, 232, 236, 260, 263
Twitter, 23, 70, 172, 227, 235, 253, 259
Tygart, Travis, 166, 167
Ullrich, Jan, 117, 162
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), 122, 155–6, 157, 159, 189, 209
and Froome, 257
and rules interpretation, 257–8
and women’s cycling, 209, 211
United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), 154, 184
Unzué, Eusebio, 256, 258
US Postal Service team, 161, 162, 170, 178, 185, 188
Vaison-la-Romaine, 32, 35, 93
Valréas:
Beaumes-de-Venise to, 173
to Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 204
Van Den Bossche, Martin, 105–6
van Est, Wim:
Soulor fall of, 55–6
in Tour 1951, 55–6
Van Garderen, Tejay, 258
Van Genechten, Richard:
in Tour 1954, 68
in Tour 1955, 68
Vandevelde, Christian, 183, 184
Vanwalleghem, Rik, 126
Vaucluse, 1, 19, 22, 28, 35, 83, 97, 132, 135, 174
in WW2, 86–7, 88, 89–90
Vaughters, Jonathan, 75, 160, 169, 197
author’s conversation with, 171–84
and doping, 178
and Rhône wines, 173–4
in Tour 2001, 180
in Tour 2002, 187
Ventoux record set by, 176, 177, 178
Vélo, 68
Velon, 172
Velo101 website, 35
Vendran, Raoul, 14
Ventoux, see Mont Ventoux
Ventoux Sports, 41, 42
Verbruggen, Hein, 159, 189
Villes-sur-Auzon, 34, 84
Vinokourov, Alexander, 178
Virage du Bois, 10, 19
Virenque, Richard, 142
and doping, 115–16
and long distance, 199
museum hopes to acquire bike of, 29
and Roi du Mont Ventoux film, see Roi du Mont Ventoux
in Tour 2002, 115, 187
Voeckler, Thomas, 63–4
Voet, Willy, 140
Vuelta a España, 87, 133, 134, 136, 137–9, 140, 219, 259
Wadley, Jock, 53
Waiting for Godot (Beckett), 87–8
Walsh, David, 165–6, 197–8, 220, 260
We Were Young and Carefree (Fignon), 47
Whittle, Mr (author’s father), 12, 287
Whittle, Mrs (author’s mother), 12, 287
Wiggins, Bradley, 183, 203
on The Andrew Marr Show, 260
and Armstrong, 190
media criticised by, 260
and Olympic gold, 226
and select committee, 261–2
and therapeutic-use exemptions (TUEs), 204, 229, 232, 260
in Tour 2009, 277
in Tour 2012, 65, 190, 226
Wiggins, Gary, 270
Winfrey, Oprah, 158, 213
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), 231
World Cup 1966, 276
World Cup 1994, 144
World War Two, 55, 85–7, 88–9
Wurf, Cameron, 243
Yates, Sean, 226, 232, 236, 258
The Year of Magical Thinking (Didion), 266
Yorkshire, as Tour de France feature, 25–6
Yorkshire Post, 283
Zabel, Erik, 157
Zabriskie, Dave, 183, 184
Zidane, Zinedine, 278
Zimmermann, Urs, 135
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