William Fotheringham (2014 event)

Long before Bradley Wiggins took the world by storm, British
cycling already had a hero. Tom Simpson was world champion and
the first Briton to wear yellow in the Tour de France. In 1967 he
died during a stage of the Tour while climbing the monstrous Mont
Ventoux. In this event, recorded live at the 2014 Edinburgh
International Book Festival, Guardian writer William Fotheringham
discusses Put Me Back on My Bike - his superb account of
Simpson’s life and death.