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Gravdigr · 04-17-2016, 02:11 PM

Interesting.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-17-2016, 06:43 PM

Highboy...

Gravdigr · 04-26-2016, 09:53 AM

Today, while learning about Mont Ventoux, in France (well, actually I was in Kentucky, the Mont is in France

), I learned about British cyclist Tom Simpson, who lost his life on the mountain in the 1967 Tour de France:

From Wikipedia:

Quote:

Mont Ventoux has become legendary as the scene of one of the most grueling climbs in the Tour de France bicycle race, which has ascended the mountain fifteen times since 1951. The followed trail mostly passes through Bédoin. Its fame as a scene of great Tour dramas has made it a magnet for cyclists around the world.

The mountain achieved worldwide notoriety when it claimed the life of British cyclist Tom Simpson, who died here on July 13, 1967 from heat exhaustion caused by a combination of factors, including dehydration (caused by lack of fluid intake and diarrhea), amphetamines, and alcohol, although there is still speculation as to the exact cause of his death. He began to wildly weave across the road before he fell down. He was delirious and asked spectators to put him back on the bike, which he rode to within a half mile of the summit before collapsing dead, still clipped into his pedals. Amphetamines were found in his jersey and bloodstream. There is a memorial to Simpson near the summit, which has become a shrine to fans of cycling, who often leave small tokens of remembrance there. In 1970, Eddy Merckx rode himself to the brink of collapse while winning the stage. He received oxygen, recovered, and won the Tour. In 1994, Eros Poli, not known for his climbing ability, stole away at the beginning of the day's stage, built up a substantial time gap from the peloton, and was first over the Ventoux and eventual stage winner despite losing a minute of his lead per kilometre of the ascent.

Griff · 04-27-2016, 06:13 AM

Damn, that's brutal.

glatt · 04-27-2016, 07:55 AM

Did we know back then that amphetamines were bad? Or was he a pioneer who helped educate us?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-27-2016, 01:22 PM

No, no.

Amphetamines are fine, it's bicycles that we should be warned against.

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04-27-2016, 06:13 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Damn, that's brutal. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-27-2016, 01:22 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, no. Amphetamines are fine, it's bicycles that we should be warned against. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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