On May 10, 1:20*pm, Michael Press wrote:
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*Frank Krygowski wrote:



On May 10, 4:45*am, Michael Press wrote:
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*Frank Krygowski wrote:

On May 9, 4:31*pm, Michael Press wrote:
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*Frank Krygowski wrote:

Not surprising. *We had over 100 years of bike racing without helmets,
with fatal head injuries always being extremely rare. Think of the
tens of millions of miles ridden in the Tour de France since its
inception. *IIRC, there were a total of three deaths. *One was drug-
induced heart failure.

Fail. Stop spreading that rumor.
The death had nothing to do with drugs.
Unfortunately everybody says so.
He died because the race organizers
severely restricted the amount of
water a racer could have, and the
racer died from dehydration.

Really? *That's the first time I've ever heard that version. *Can you
give the source?

Can you support your version?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Simpson

"Tom Simpson (30 November 1937–13 July 1967) was the most successful
English road racing cyclist of the post-war years. He infamously died
of exhaustion on the slopes of Mont Ventoux during the 13th stage of
the Tour de France in 1967. The post mortem found that he had taken
amphetamines and alcohol, a diuretic combination which proved fatal
when combined with the heat, the hard climb of the Ventoux and a
stomach complaint."

This isn't a major point of mine either way. *He certainly didn't die
of a head injury.

Why doesn't the article mention the severe restriction
on water intake imposed by the race organizers?

I don't know. I've never seen an article that mentioned that. Have
you got one?

- Frank Krygowski