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Put Me Back on My Bike_In Search of Tom Simpson

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by William Fotheringham


  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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