De Roucke, Mr 122
de Wilde, Roger 173
De Wouwer, Kurt 202
Decca–dorabulin 146
Decourt, Dr Philippe 187–8
Deene, Mrs (cyclists’ boarding house in Ghent) 119
defibrillators 185
Defilippis, Nino 94
dehydration 147, 179, 180, 181
Delberghe, Ludo 113
Delberghe, Robert 190–91
Den Hartog, Arie 162
Deneuve, Catherine 75
Denny, Mr (of Bury St Edmunds) 10–11
Denson, Vi 4, 117, 135
Denson, Vin 76, 79, 103, 121, 127, 130, 201
the 1967 Tour 6, 21, 29, 30, 32, 90, 91
bar in Gentbrugge 117, 135
at the museum opening 15
relaxed approach to cycling 138
his soigneur 144
at the Something to Aim At screening 4, 7
TS’s condition before his death 179, 183
and TS’s death 190
on TS’s determination 5
and TS’s drug–taking 142, 149, 150
on TS’s near–death experience 191
‘derny’ drivers 113
Desert Island Discs (radio programme) 79
Desgrange, Henri 203, 211
Deutsche Telekom team 202
Dextreit, Raymond: Les Cures du Jus 77
Dickson, Tony 227
Distel, Sacha 75
Doncaster 123
Dousset, Daniel ‘Rockefeller’ 107, 108, 128–31, 135, 165
Downs, Terry 50
Drôme 206
drugs issue 4–5, 7–8, 10–11, 32, 38–41, 83, 106, 132, 140–51, 156–63, 165–74, 177, 181–2, 187–8, 193, 202, 213
Duffield, David 14
Dumas, Dr Pierre 5, 37, 38–9, 91, 142, 155–75, 178, 185–7, 190
Durham, County 45, 82, 111, 118
Ecstasy 189
Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire 75–6
electrocardiograph (ECG) 185 Elizabeth II, Queen 75
Elliott, Seamus 106, 127, 136
Empire Games (Cardiff, 1958) 52, 58, 217
Engel, Den, café/guest house, Ghent 2, 115–16, 119, 120–21, 133
ENSEP teacher training college 157
‘EPO generation’ 149
Equipe, L’ newspaper 16, 89, 96, 97, 101, 107, 108, 155, 156, 162, 164, 165, 167, 173, 200
Essor Breton stage race 217
Etape du Tour 207
ether 158
Europe I (French radio station) 17
Eurosport 14
Eurovision 99
Euskadi 76
Everaert, Pierre 42
Falcon bike company 103
Fallowfield velodrome, Manchester 23, 52
Fay (a girlfriend) 56, 57
Festina scandal 8, 143, 144, 160, 173, 174
Festival Avenue, Harworth (No. 4) 43, 45–6, 54
Fidanza, Giovanni 163
Flanders 3, 118, 120
Flèche Wallonne classic 170, 229, 230
Fontainebleu 164
Forestier, Jean 42
Foster, Benny 19, 67, 81
Fotheringham, Mr 17
Four Days of Dunkirk 229, 230
Fox House, Sheffield 76
French Cycling Federation 172, 227
French hill climb championship 198
French national assembly 169
Fyffes 103
Gabriel, Jacques 203
Gambrill, Mick 19
Gardenal 159
Gaul, Charly 197, 205
Gayfer, Alan 100, 103, 109, 112
Geddes, John 19
Geldermans, Frans 87
Geminiani, Raphael 173, 186–7, 188, 199
Genoa 62
Genoa-Rome 217
Gentse Wielersport club, Ghent 79, 142, 146
Ghent 24, 58, 72, 77, 78, 80, 103, 117, 119
Beurick’s guest house 2, 115–16, 119, 120–21, 133, 135
Gentse Wielersport club 79, 142, 146
Het Volk one–day race 169
its attraction to professional cyclists 117
Kafe de Koninck 115
Mariakerke 84, 85, 117, 134, 227
Mercedes showroom 1, 27
Sint Pieters station 27
six-day track races 102, 134
Sportpaleis 12–13, 111, 133, 134
TS moves to (1961) 71
TS’s house in 3, 117–18
TS’s Tweebruggen acquisition 122–3, 135, 177
Ghent–Wevelgem 218
Gimondi, Felice 26, 91, 130
Giro di Lombardia 154
Giro d’Italia 73
Gitane 87
Gitane–Leroux 218
Goddet, Jacques 38, 101–2, 112, 164–5, 167, 172, 195, 200, 203–5
GP Midi Libre 230
GP Parisien team time trial 230
grand coureurs 126, 132
Grand Prix des Nations time trial 171
Grosskost, Charles 162, 163
Guardia Civil, Spain 115
Guardian 27, 105
Guthrie memorial, Isle of Man 209
Hall, Harry
arrested by the French police 39
competes with TS 23, 24
his home movies 31, 32–3, 177, 184
Manchester bike shop 21, 24
on Naessens 145
and the soigneurs 38
and TS’s death 35–7, 40–41, 59, 178, 183, 185, 186
and TS’s departure for France 59
and TS’s drug-taking 150
TS’s first fall (1967 Tour) 33–4, 212
and TS’s illness during the Alpine stage (1967) 29, 179
on TS’s plan for the 1967 Tour 28
TS’s race number plate 13, 22–3, 33, 177
at work during the 1967 Tour 21–2, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30
Hamburger, Bo 202
Harris, Reg 23
Harrison, Derek 10
Harworth, Nottinghamshire 3, 13, 18, 40, 45–6, 47, 50, 51, 58, 71, 74, 77, 83, 85, 98, 100, 123
Harworth and Bircotes sports and social club Tom Simpson museum 13–15
Harworth and District Cycling Club 46, 47, 48, 75, 76
Hassenforder, Roger 110
Haswell, Durham 45, 110, 217
Hawthorne, Mike 112
Headingley cricket ground, Leeds 212
heat exhaustion 180, 183–4
heatstroke 184, 185, 187, 188–9, 190–91
Hercules squad 96
Herne Hill track, London 102
Hervé, Pascal 202
Het Volk one–day race, Ghent 169
Hill, Peter 127, 144
Hoban, Barry 68, 79, 103, 111, 117, 127
the 1967 Tour 6, 21, 30, 40, 85, 90–91, 179–80
annual visit to Mont Ventoux 86, 210
Barry Hoban bikes 85
and Lewis 15, 140
marries Helen (1969) 6, 85, 109
at the museum opening 15
racing career 85
retires from racing 71, 85, 134
sale of the Tweebruggen land 123
‘the gent from Ghent’ 109
at the TS monument unveiling 85, 209
and TS’s death 190
Watching the Wheels Go Round 190–91
Hoban, Helen (née Sherburn; TS’s wife) 27, 54, 120
and Brunel’s profile of TS 16
annual visit to Mont Ventoux 86, 210
appearance 71
assets frozen 84
brief marriage to TS 67, 68, 70, 71, 77, 85
on Dousset 129
excitement at TS’s success 154
family life with TS 79–81
on Ghent 118
hospitalised 83, 84
and Lewis 15, 140
marries Barry Hoban (1969) 6, 85, 109
meets TS 68–9
Pascoe interviews 2
sale of the Tweebruggen land 123
social ascent 74–5
supports TS 82, 97
and TS’s burial
in Harworth 77
and TS’s death 82–4, 215
and TS’s diet 77, 78, 79
on TS’s falls 192
on TS’s love of cars 72, 73, 74
the unveiling of TS’s memorial 84–5, 209
in Wales 71, 85, 215
Holdsworth team 139
homeostasis 183
Hôtel du Ventoux, Malaucène 37–8, 41
Hôtel Relax, Saint Gervais 74
Hugo Kouter Street, Mariakerke (No. 87) 117
Hunt, Jeremy 134
Hyères 194
hyperthermia 184, 189
hypoglycaemia 158, 180, 188
ICI 75
Imola track 212
Isle of Man 76, 91, 97, 103
ITV ‘World of Sport’ 105
Jagger, Mick 75
Jalabert, Laurent 202
Janssen, Jan 91, 136
Jenkins engineering company, Retford 48, 49
Jimenez, Julio 32, 183
Jones, Graham 10
Jones, Lenny 47
Kafe de Koninck, Ghent 115
Kelly, Sean 54
Kennedy, Ludovic 149–50
kermesse races 147, 173
King, Don 128
Koblet, Hugo 46, 73
Kubler, Ferdi 46, 199, 200
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 218
La Rochelle 92
Laarne, Ghent 135
Lasarte 93 Leblanc, Jean–Marie 92–3
LeMond, Greg 12
Leoni (a soigneur) 144
Leroux 87
Letort, Désiré 172
Leulliot, Blanche 82, 83
Leulliot, Jean 82, 83
Levitan, Félix 38, 165, 170
Lewis, Colin
the 1967 Tour 21, 30, 32, 40, 91, 130, 131, 140–41
continued faith in cycling 152–3
cycle shop 16, 139
gives TS cognac (1967 Tour) 151–2, 179, 182
hat episode 138
opinion of TS 137
personality 139–40
Sunday Times article 15–16, 140
and TS’s death 152, 190
and TS’s drug–taking 141, 143, 144, 148, 150
TS’s possible heat exhaustion 183
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Classic 99, 170, 217, 218
Llandudno cycling museum 13
Lohmuller, Jacques 31
Loire valley 26
London six–day track race 103
Lord Mayor’s banquet, London (1956) 19
Louviot, Raymond 61
Lubéron massif 206
Lyon 129
Maalderijstraat, Saint Amandsberg 122
McLoughlin, Joey 10
Macmillan, Harold (later Earl of Stockton) 104
‘madison’ relay events 79
Majorca training camp 103
Malaucène 37, 39, 41, 196–7, 203, 206
Hôtel du Ventoux 37–8, 41
Malléjac, Jean 156, 161–2, 165, 199, 200
Mallory, George 5
Manchester United FC 115
Manx Premier race 103
Manx Trophy 218, 219
‘Le Marathon du Mont Ventoux’ 203
Mariakerke, Ghent 84, 85, 117, 134, 215
Marseille 28, 30, 83, 90, 111, 131, 163, 202, 206, 212
Marsh, Dave 14
Masi company 25
Massif Central 26, 29, 203, 211
Mattan, Nico 202
Menton–Rome 218
Mercier team 61, 61
Merckx, Eddy 9, 163, 194, 209, 212
Metcalfe, Arthur
the 1967 Tour 21, 30, 40, 119, 164
arrival in Ghent 119
and drug-taking in Europe 161
at the museum opening 15
Metz 27
‘Mickey Finns’ 142, 143, 144, 148, 150
Midi 85
Milan 129, 173
Milan-San Remo classic 9, 52, 62–3, 94, 105, 109, 194, 230
Military Police 59, 75
Milk Race 137
Millar, David 10, 11, 60
Millar, Robert 9, 10
Miroir–Sprint magazine 23, 39, 108
Monsanto 75
Mont Faron hill climb 194, 229
Mont Ventoux 1, 11, 18, 26, 29–32, 37, 50, 59, 92, 131, 133, 151, 155, 161, 163, 172, 174, 179, 180, 182–5, 189, 190, 195–202, 203, 204, 211–12
Chapel of the Holy Cross 206, 210
observatory 212
TS’s memorial 11, 12, 84–5, 86, 122, 196, 207–10
morphine 159
Morris, George 47
Morrison, Jim 209
Morvan, Job 42
Motorola team 39–40
Motta, Gianni 154, 170
moutarde, la 140
Murphy brothers 58, 60, 68, 69
musettes 31, 179
Naessens, Gus 38, 79
massages TS 138, 145
questioned by the police 39
response to TS’s death 38
trade secrets 145–6
and TS’s diet 24, 32, 145
Nancy 87
Narbonne Plage, south of France 57, 76
National Cycling Union (NCU) 101, 102, 120
national junior road race title 44
National Service 59
Needham, Harry 47
Nencini, Gastone 160, 168
New Brighton 14
New Caledonia 71
Newtown 85
Nice 129, 194
Nicholson, Geoffrey 27, 115
The Great Bike Race 174
Nickson, Bill 10
Nijs, Elise 54
Nijs, Herman 54
Nike 132
Nîmes 195
Noble, John, senior 47
Norfolk, Duke of 2
Normandy 17, 26, 71, 129
North Midlands Division team 44
Nottingham 43
Nucera, Louis 202
Nurburgring, Germany 170
Observer newspaper 104, 148
Ochoa, Javier 202
Ochoa, Ricardo 202
Oerlikon velodrome, Zurich (failed hour record attempt) 52, 63, 109
Olympic Games (Melbourne, 1956) 10, 19–20, 51, 58, 229
opiates 159
Opperman, Hubert 96
Ortedrine 187
Ovaltine 61, 62
Over Hadden, near Bakewell, Derbyshire 44
Page & Moy 103
Paignton, Devon 16, 139
palfium 159
Pantani, Marco 73, 202, 208, 210, 212
Parc des Princes stadium, Paris 113
Paris 26, 116, 118, 166
Père Lachaise cemetery 209
Paris-Brest-Paris marathon 96
Paris-Brussels 230
Paris-Luxembourg race 190–91
Paris-Nice ‘Race to the Sun’ 9, 82, 130, 194, 229, 230, 231
Paris-Roubaix 42, 96, 99, 229, 230
Paris-Tours Classic 154, 230
Parisien, Le newspaper 165, 170
Parisien Libéré newspaper 38
Parkin, Peter 47–8, 49–50
Pascoe, Ray
interviews TS’s parents 3, 44, 53, 54
makes films of TS 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 27, 118
meets TS 119
at the museum opening 15
visits the house in Vijverstraat 118
Pastelli 24
Pauwels, Mr 135
Peak District 44, 47, 49
Pelforth Beer team 113
Pelissier, Francis 50
Pellos 203, 205
Pelvoux massif 206
People newspaper 13, 104–7, 149
Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris 209
Pervitin (‘Tintin’) 160
petits coureurs 127
Petrarch, Francisco 205, 206
Peugeot 10, 13, 24, 25, 40, 72, 107, 113, 127, 130, 144
Peugeot-BP 194, 230, 231
Pianotoli, Corsica 82
Piel, Roger 128, 165
Pingeon, Roger 186
Pirie, Gordon 50
Platter, Thomas 206
Plaud, Gaston 107
Players 103
Poitiers 113
Polish Federation 168
potassium deficiency 179
Poulidor, Raymond 91, 92, 94, 100, 123, 126, 136, 144, 171, 183
Prévost, André 142
prize money 125–7
Provence 30, 90, 180, 182, 195, 200, 201, 208
Provence Sportive, La newspaper 203
Puy de Dôme 26, 29, 203
Pyrenees 26, 87, 95, 139, 161, 162, 211, 212
Quimper, Brittany 42
quina 157
quinine 157
Radio Luxembourg 23
Radio Tour 30
Ramsbottom, Alan 56, 79, 110, 117, 119, 120, 126, 127, 128, 135, 141–2
Rapha-Geminiani team 42, 56, 61, 97, 217
Rapha-Gitane 217
Redcar 46
Renaix 136, 145
Rennes 61
Reverand, Sylvie 210
Rhône Valley 206
Rhône-Poulenc drug company 187
Riksport 123
Riverside Theatre, Hammersmith, London 1, 7, 115
Rivière, Roger 142, 173
Road Time Trials Council 102
Robic, Jean 203
Robinson, Brian 12, 61, 70, 71–2, 96, 97, 99, 101, 108, 110, 148, 180, 190
Roche, Stephen 163
Rockingham Forest wheelers 76
Rolling Stones 96, 101
Ronsse, Georges 121, 180
‘rotten fish affair’ (1962) 161
Roubaix 65
Route de France amateur stage race 62, 64, 229
Royal Air Force (RAF) 159
Royan 169
Ruys, Charlie 24
Ryall, Ken the 1967 Tour 24, 30, 31
and TS’s death 36, 37
Ryalls, Pete 49, 65
Saint Amandsberg, Ghent 117, 119, 122, 134–5
Saint Brieuc, Brittany 17, 42, 58, 60, 71, 74, 98, 124, 125
Saint Gaudens, Pyrenees 87, 95
Saint Gervais: Hotel Relax 74
Saint Malo 63, 64
Saint Martha Hospital, Avignon 215
St Raphael team 59, 127
Sallanches, French Alps 129, 140, 230
Saltmarsh, Sidney 34–5
Salvarani team 118, 130
San Fermo della Battaglia 154
San Sebastian 57, 85, 93, 230
Santa Rosa 125
Sault 200
Saunders, David 105
Cycling in the Sixties 115, 188
Scala Wheelers, Rotherham 48, 76
Schramm, Julien 160
Schroeders, Willy 87
Scott, Robert Falcon 5
Seaton Delaval 46
Second World War 96, 159, 182
Seneca 205
Senna, Ayrton 5, 212
Serodose A+B 146
Sète 84, 90, 91
Shaw, George
car crash with TS 73–4
correspondence with TS 54–7, 59–64, 76, 177
early life 44
sale of TS’s team kit 67
in the Scala Wheelers 48
and the Tom Simpson memorial road race 14
Tour of Britain 61–2, 64, 125
on TS’s death 50
TS’s training partner 43
Shaw, Marlene 56, 57, 59, 62, 73
Sheil, Norman 51, 52, 73, 192
Sherwen, Paul 17
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