Top British Cyclist Dies on Tour de France
No not this year but back in 1967! The late and great Tom Simpson.
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Read all about it here!
https://www.drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/tom-simpson-heat-stroke-and-amphetamines.html
And for the enthusiast interested in the story of the UK’s most famous Tour cyclist pre – 2012, there is much more here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Tom_Simpson