On May 7, 1:08 am, Cringing Dittohead
wrote:

Abuse of amphetamines remains tied to one of cycling’s most tragic
stories, the death of British rider Tom Simpson on Mont Ventoux during
the Tour de France in 1967 due to heart failure brought on by a
combination of heat, dehydration, physical stress and the drugs he had
taken on the morning of the race.

And the freaking half bottle of cognac he drank at the bottom of the
climb.