{"id":122120,"date":"2025-09-05T15:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/122120\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:41:13","slug":"cyclist-magazine-podcast-tom-simpson-world-champion-and-cycling-legend-with-chris-sidwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/122120\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist Magazine Podcast: Tom Simpson \u2013 World Champion and cycling legend, with Chris Sidwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast, James is joined by cycling journalist and author Chris Sidwells, to explore the life and times of Britain\u2019s most storied rider, Tom Simpson, on the eve of Simpson\u2019s historic World Championships win, 60 years ago almost to the day.<\/p>\n<p>As Simpson\u2019s nephew (his mother was Simpson\u2019s sister), Chris is uniquely placed to tell us the tale of the miner\u2019s son from County Durham who\u2019d become the first Briton to wear the yellow jersey in, winning countless races including three of the five Monuments along the way. As most will know, the end of the Simpson story is a tragic one, but while Chris talks candidly about that day on Mont Ventoux and the situation leading up to it, he\u2019s also here to remember Simpson as the trail-blazing, mercurial rider, whose palmar\u00e8s deserves to be the thing we remember him for most.<\/p>\n<p>So sit back and enjoy stories you may have heard before, only uniquely told with hidden insights, plus many more stories you haven\u2019t, as we celebrate the extraordinary feats of Mr Tom.<\/p>\n<p>Related questions you can explore with Ask Cyclist, our AI search engine.<img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ask-cyclist-logo.jpg\"\/>If you would like to ask your own question you just need to ,  or <a class=\"sub-miso1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclist.co.uk\/subscriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From 7th-14th September, Chris and his Cycling Legends friends will be hosting an extended\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinglegends.co.uk\/pages\/tom-simpson-cycling-festival?srsltid=AfmBOorSnoJ9HlQRrF8XqmTjmKK2p8y7TuYvbx08ro2KiKOYIHKsfSFa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow nofollow\">Tom Simpson Cycling Festival<\/a>\u00a0in Harworth, Nottinghamshire, which includes sportives, cycling talks and films, the Tom Simpson Museum reopening, and the return of the Retro Weekender, replete with Simpson Retro Ride, Best in Show vintage bike competition and all manner of cycle-centric fun, from grass track racing to the retro bike jumble. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinglegends.co.uk\/pages\/tom-simpson-cycling-festival?srsltid=AfmBOorSnoJ9HlQRrF8XqmTjmKK2p8y7TuYvbx08ro2KiKOYIHKsfSFa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow nofollow\">cyclinglegends.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This episode is brought to you by the Hammerhead Karoo GPS bike computer. 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