Simplex 50
Simpson, Alice (TS’s mother) 46, 177–8
appearance 44–5
Pascoe interviews 3, 44, 53, 54
personality 45, 54
runs a working men’s club 110
on TS’s childhood racing 44
and TS’s death 53, 67
and TS’s departure for France 58–9
and TS’s diet 53
Simpson, Harry (TS’s elder brother) 45, 46, 47, 83, 110, 124
Simpson, Helen (TS’s wife) see Hoban, Helen
Simpson, Jane (TS’s daughter) 3, 79, 81, 83, 85, 135, 210
Simpson, Joanne (TS’s daughter) 11, 79, 80, 83, 85, 134–5, 210, 212
Simpson, Tom
birth (November 30, 1937) 45
personality 2, 4, 45, 63, 70–71, 92–3, 112, 137–8, 177–8, 193
his voice 2–3
early life in Harworth 3, 13, 18
appearance 10, 47, 71, 104, 108–9, 194
his bikes 24–5, 40
competitiveness 25–6, 30, 49, 98, 138, 147, 193
enters cycling club life 46–7
education 47–8
draughtsman training 43, 63
his first trainer (Berger) 51, 52
Empire Games silver medal 52, 58, 229
failed hour record attempt 52, 63, 109
Melbourne Olympics bronze medal (1956) 10, 19–20, 51, 52, 229
diet 53, 77–8, 79, 143, 145, 147, 177
seeks his fortune in France 23, 54, 56–60, 97, 101, 122, 124
draft–dodger 59, 75
money–oriented 60, 123, 124–5
independent (1959) 63, 217
turns professional (1959) 95, 229
joins Rapha Geminiani 61
first Tour de France (1960) 27, 55, 62, 63, 69, 95, 129, 190, 192
meets Helen 68–9
marriage 63, 65, 70, 71, 77
obsession with cars 72–4
social ascent 74–5, 117–18
patriotism 76
support network 78–9
wears the yellow jersey (1962) 26, 64, 87, 94–5, 97, 98, 101–2, 109, 160–61, 218, 212–13
wins four single-day Classics 9, 10, 93–6, 107
near-death experience (1964) 191
world champion (1965) 6, 9, 10, 23–4, 26, 57, 92–5, 107, 115, 125, 150–51, 154, 191
sporting ambassador for Britain 100, 208
ambitions 103–4
tabloid exposés 104–8
awards 105
drugs issue 4–5, 7–8, 10–11, 16, 32, 38–41, 83, 106, 141–4, 147–51, 166–8, 170, 174, 177, 178–9, 182, 187–8, 189, 193, 213
self-promotion 108–11
‘Major Tom’ alter ego 108–9, 133–4
his fans 7, 120, 215
‘cycling schools’ 121–2
land projects 122–4, 177
skiing accident (1966) 71, 97–8, 129
professionalism 137–8
medical back-up 146, 149
training 146–7
injuries 192
his death (1967) 1, 3–5, 7–9, 22, 23, 35–41, 50, 82–4, 89–92, 112, 134, 155, 156, 164, 165, 168, 171, 174, 178–9, 186, 192–3, 196–7, 208, 212, 231
funeral 194, 209
burial in Harworth cemetery 13, 18, 40, 76–7, 83, 100
monument on Mont Ventoux 11, 12, 84–5, 86, 122, 196, 207–10
race record 217–19
Cycling is My Life 14, 48, 188
Simpson, Tom, senior (TS’s father)
appearance 44–5
Pascoe interviews 3, 44
personality 45
runs a working men’s club 110
a sprinter and miner 45
and TS’s death 67, 187
Sint Pieters station, Ghent 27
sleeping pills 159
Skibby, Jesper 202
Smith, Mike 14
soigneurs 144–5, 157
Solucamphre 159, 161
Something to Aim At (film) 1–4, 6–9, 17, 18, 27, 33, 44, 115, 116
Sporting Cyclist magazine 23, 50
Sportpaleis, Ghent 12–13, 111, 133, 134
sports federations 169
‘Sports Personality of the Year’ television programme (BBC) 105
‘Sports Writers’ Personality of the Year’ award 105
Sportsmen’s Travel Club 102–3
Stablinski, Jean 90, 91, 92, 103, 123, 124, 126, 129, 131, 132–3, 150–51, 158, 171, 174, 180–81
Station Street, Haswell, Durham 45
steroids 146
stimulants 143, 157, 159, 163, 167, 181, 188, 196
Stoops, Bernard 144
strychnine 141–2
Stuttgart 166
Sun newspaper 34
Sunday Times newspaper 15, 140
Superbagnères, Pyrenees 161
Sutton, near Doncaster, Yorkshire 69
tachycardia 184
Tamburello curve, Imola track 212
Taylor, Alec
the 1967 Tour 24, 30, 32, 40
questioned by the police 39
teams Lewis up with TS 138
and TS’s death 35, 37, 41, 178, 186
Terrot (a soigneur) 162
Times, The newspaper 108
Tom Simpson Grand Prix 120
Tom Simpson memorial road race 14, 44
Tonedron (‘Tonton’) 143, 160, 167
Torremolinos 123–4
Toulon 194
Tour de France 139, 140, 196, 210
1955 96, 161–2, 199–200, 205
1958 96, 205
1959 61, 62, 74
1960 27, 55, 62, 63, 69, 76, 95, 129, 142, 168, 190, 192, 229
1961 65, 230
1962 26, 64, 87, 94–5, 98, 101–2, 109, 160–61, 230
1963 230 1964 26, 126
1965 26–7, 73, 82, 91, 183, 190, 230
1966 167, 169, 172, 175, 231
1967 102–3, 111, 126, 130, 131, 140, 163–4
the cognac incidents 31–2, 151–2, 179, 181, 182
the Great Britain team 28, 30, 37–8, 40, 90–91, 103, 111, 212
Hall’s home movies 31, 32–3, 177, 184
length 164
route described 26
TS’s death see under Simpson, Tom
TS’s illness during the Alpine stage 29, 179
TS’s strategy 27–8
TS’s target stages 28–9
1968 91, 172, 173, 174
1987 163–4
1988 165
1989 165
1994 78, 207
1995 39–40, 89–90
1998 73, 144
2000 207–8
2001 76
2002 164, 185
Boardman wins the prologue time trial 10
daily routine 39
deaths in 90
founded (1903) 165
public appeal of 211
support men (domestiques) 28
TS’s top–six finish 10
the‘world’s greatest annual sporting event’ 12
Tour de l’Avenir 162, 173
Tour de l’Ouest 42, 61, 217
Tour du Sud Est 217
Tour du Var 230
Tour du Vaucluse 203
Tour of Britain 61–2, 64, 125
Tour of Eibar 229
Tour of Flanders 9, 42, 52, 82, 94, 108, 118, 121, 127, 229, 230
Tour of Lombardy 9, 107, 130, 230
Tour of Spain 130, 167, 231
Tour of Sardinia 231
Tourmalet 87
Trentin, Pierre 173
Tribute to Tom Simpson (film) 2
TT Races 209
Turin 129
Tweebruggen, Visserij district 122–3, 135, 177
Ullrich, Jan 202, 212
UNESCO 202
Union Cycliste
Internationale (UCI) 168
Congress 171
Uriage-les-Bains conference (1963) 168
Valenciennes 132
Van Buggenhout, Jean 128
Van den Bossche, Alain 163
Van der Weide, Rudi and Lewis 138, 140–41, 144
questioned by the police 39
response to TS’s death 38
Van Looy, Rik 63, 118
Van Springel, Herman 169
Van Steenbergen, Rik 166
Vandenweghe, Dr 79, 146
Veale, Nev 85
Velo magazine 186, 188
Velotel Tom Simpson, near Ghent 121, 135
ventricular fibrillation 184–5
Vidal (a medical directory) 158
Vijverstraat, Mariakerke, Ghent (No. 22) 118, 215
Virage du Bois, Le 200
Virage Saint Estève 197–8
Virenque, Richard 193, 202
Vittel 173
Voet, Willy 144, 145–6, 160
Wadley, Jock 50
Walsh, David 140
Wambst, Fernand 113
Webb, Graham 10, 135
Wentworth 56
Wilson, Harold (later Baron Wilson of Rievaulx) 105
Womack, Bobby 53
Wood, Ted 79
Woods, Charlie 7
Worksop Technical College 47–8
world championship
1961 230
1963 145
1964 136, 230
1965 6, 9, 10, 23–4, 26, 57, 92–5, 107, 115, 125, 150, 154, 191, 230
1966 150, 170–71, 172
World Cup 230
World Cup (1966 [football]) 104
‘World of Sport’ (ITV programme) 105
‘World of Tom Simpson, The’ television documentary (BBC) 105, 120–21, 130, 146, 149–50
Wright, Michael 71, 103, 125
Yates, Sean 78
Yellow Jersey Press 16
Zabel, Erik 202
Zandvoort, Holland 108, 217
Zilioli, Italo 171
Zurich 52, 63
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