1960 TDF Without complexes
TOM SIMPSON dances the Polonaise.
Stage 3: Tuesday, June 28, Malo les Bains - Dieppe, 209 km.
Every cycling enthusiast knows of course Tom Simpson (1937-1967) and what happened on the flanks of Mont Ventoux in 1967. Tom rode zigzagging across the road and then the lights went out. He died during that eventful stage of the Tour de France.
In 1960 the sympathetic Briton started for the first time in "La Grande Boucle". He finished 29th in Paris. Six more participations would follow. He completed the Tour de France three times. In 1962 he achieved his best ranking: sixth place, in this Tour he was the first Briton to wear the yellow jersey after the 12th stage. In Paris he finished at a sixth place and was the first Briton to wear the yellow jersey after the 12th stage.
Simpson (a technical draftsman by profession), like so many British and Australian cyclists at the time (among others Barry Hoban, Vic Denson, Graeme Gilmore), came to Flanders to learn the cycling job. He settled in Ghent with his wife Helen. They had two daughters: Jane and Joanne. He was the uncle of the later born Matthew Gilmore, the Belgian track cyclist.
He won a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Simpson won the Tour of Flanders in 1961, Milan-San Remo in 1964, the Tour of Lombardy in 1965 and Paris-Nice in 1967. In 1965 he became world champion in Lasarte (Spain). In 1967 he won two stages in the Vuelta.
("Miroir des Sports", June 30, 1960)
1960 TDF Without complexes
TOM SIMPSON dances the Polonaise.
Stage 3: Tuesday, June 28, Malo les Bains - Dieppe, 209 km.
Every cycling enthusiast knows of course Tom Simpson (1937-1967) and what happened on the flanks of Mont Ventoux in 1967. Tom rode zigzagging across the road and then the lights went out. He died during that eventful stage of the Tour de France.
In 1960 the sympathetic Briton started for the first time in "La Grande Boucle". He finished 29th in Paris. Six more participations would follow. He completed the Tour de France three times. In 1962 he achieved his best ranking: sixth place, in this Tour he was the first Briton to wear the yellow jersey after the 12th stage. In Paris he finished at a sixth place and was the first Briton to wear the yellow jersey after the 12th stage.
Simpson (a technical draftsman by profession), like so many British and Australian cyclists at the time (among others Barry Hoban, Vic Denson, Graeme Gilmore), came to Flanders to learn the cycling job. He settled in Ghent with his wife Helen. They had two daughters: Jane and Joanne. He was the uncle of the later born Matthew Gilmore, the Belgian track cyclist.
He won a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Simpson won the Tour of Flanders in 1961, Milan-San Remo in 1964, the Tour of Lombardy in 1965 and Paris-Nice in 1967. In 1965 he became world champion in Lasarte (Spain). In 1967 he won two stages in the Vuelta.
("Miroir des Sports", June 30, 1960)