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I'm inclined to add the article to the above-named category. Objections? Matt Gies 03:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
The lead says no trace of amphetamine in his body. Further down the article it says "It confirmed five days later that Simpson had traces of amphetamine in his body." 212.247.86.210 ( talk) 14:10, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
The opening text seems to mention only his profession and death, surely it should also say he was the most successful UK cyclist, was World Road Race Champion, the first UK cyclist to fully integrate into the continental racing scene etc? Compare the opening text here and the article on Marco Pantani. 109.154.46.201 ( talk) 16:08, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Is it right to say he was "until the success of Bradley Wiggins in the 2012 Tour de France, the most successful English road racing cyclist of the post-war years"? They both won very big, but different, races. I don't think one can say winning the Tour de France and the time trial at the Olympics makes one more succesfull than winning the road world championship, Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders and Tour of Lombardy. Just to name a few races they won. 77.169.218.39 ( talk) 20:59, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
So many quotes from 3rd parties and their detailed explanations make the section confusing and uninteresting to an average reader. It should be more straightforward. The section on the death of River Phoenix can be taken as an example. Sub40Hz ( talk) 19:35, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
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I'm not sure what happen to Simpson at the 1959 Giro di Lombardia (Tour of Lombardy). This is what I've found:
He doesn't appear in any results online. Thoughts? Bald Boris 18:28, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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I'll be glad to take this one; I apologize that you've had to wait so long for a reviewer. I hope to post initial comments in the next 1-5 days. Thanks in advance for all your work on it! -- Khazar2 ( talk) 16:20, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
I haven't made very far in yet, but so far so good. It looks like you've done a good job both writing and sourcing this. A few small points as I go along: -- Khazar2 ( talk) 13:08, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
Let me know your thoughts on the above; I'll get into a nitty-gritty source check later tonight or tomorrow. And thanks again for your work on this; he's been an interesting figure to learn about. -- Khazar2 ( talk) 21:28, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
All right, spotchecks of sources show no cause for concern on the copyright front.
Conclusion: Pass. There's a few sources that may be questionable for reliability, such as blog.saint.org, Barry Boyce of Cycling Revealed, or the documentary cited a few times, but these are sparsely used and appear to only support statements that don't need inline citation anyway per criterion 2b. This article is admirably comprehensive and complete--thanks for all of your great research and writing on this one. -- Khazar2 ( talk) 15:20, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
I've added a mention of David Millar's introduction to the reissue of Simpson's autobiography, published in 2009. Should we mention the original publication in 1966 somewhere in the article though? It seems worthy of mention to me. Cordless Larry ( talk) 12:51, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
During the FAC, Brianboulton commented on the leading sentence in the Riding style and legacy section with A "fearful" descender? It sounds from the description as though he was fearless. My response was that it was printed as that in the book. I reverted an IP edit since, which changed it to fearless. I'm slightly concerned about this as it looks to be going on the main page in a few weeks. I've actually thought about contacting the author to get confirmation. What shall I do? Bald Boris 16:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
"The temperature reportedly reached as high as 54 °C (129 °F) during the stage."
How is this possible, when the highest recorded temperature in history in France is 44.1°C? /info/en/?search=List_of_weather_records — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.138.123.23 ( talk • contribs) 08:26, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
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I'm inclined to add the article to the above-named category. Objections? Matt Gies 03:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
The lead says no trace of amphetamine in his body. Further down the article it says "It confirmed five days later that Simpson had traces of amphetamine in his body." 212.247.86.210 ( talk) 14:10, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
The opening text seems to mention only his profession and death, surely it should also say he was the most successful UK cyclist, was World Road Race Champion, the first UK cyclist to fully integrate into the continental racing scene etc? Compare the opening text here and the article on Marco Pantani. 109.154.46.201 ( talk) 16:08, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Is it right to say he was "until the success of Bradley Wiggins in the 2012 Tour de France, the most successful English road racing cyclist of the post-war years"? They both won very big, but different, races. I don't think one can say winning the Tour de France and the time trial at the Olympics makes one more succesfull than winning the road world championship, Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders and Tour of Lombardy. Just to name a few races they won. 77.169.218.39 ( talk) 20:59, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
So many quotes from 3rd parties and their detailed explanations make the section confusing and uninteresting to an average reader. It should be more straightforward. The section on the death of River Phoenix can be taken as an example. Sub40Hz ( talk) 19:35, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
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I'm not sure what happen to Simpson at the 1959 Giro di Lombardia (Tour of Lombardy). This is what I've found:
He doesn't appear in any results online. Thoughts? Bald Boris 18:28, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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I'll be glad to take this one; I apologize that you've had to wait so long for a reviewer. I hope to post initial comments in the next 1-5 days. Thanks in advance for all your work on it! -- Khazar2 ( talk) 16:20, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
I haven't made very far in yet, but so far so good. It looks like you've done a good job both writing and sourcing this. A few small points as I go along: -- Khazar2 ( talk) 13:08, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
Let me know your thoughts on the above; I'll get into a nitty-gritty source check later tonight or tomorrow. And thanks again for your work on this; he's been an interesting figure to learn about. -- Khazar2 ( talk) 21:28, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
All right, spotchecks of sources show no cause for concern on the copyright front.
Conclusion: Pass. There's a few sources that may be questionable for reliability, such as blog.saint.org, Barry Boyce of Cycling Revealed, or the documentary cited a few times, but these are sparsely used and appear to only support statements that don't need inline citation anyway per criterion 2b. This article is admirably comprehensive and complete--thanks for all of your great research and writing on this one. -- Khazar2 ( talk) 15:20, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
I've added a mention of David Millar's introduction to the reissue of Simpson's autobiography, published in 2009. Should we mention the original publication in 1966 somewhere in the article though? It seems worthy of mention to me. Cordless Larry ( talk) 12:51, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
During the FAC, Brianboulton commented on the leading sentence in the Riding style and legacy section with A "fearful" descender? It sounds from the description as though he was fearless. My response was that it was printed as that in the book. I reverted an IP edit since, which changed it to fearless. I'm slightly concerned about this as it looks to be going on the main page in a few weeks. I've actually thought about contacting the author to get confirmation. What shall I do? Bald Boris 16:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
"The temperature reportedly reached as high as 54 °C (129 °F) during the stage."
How is this possible, when the highest recorded temperature in history in France is 44.1°C? /info/en/?search=List_of_weather_records — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.138.123.23 ( talk • contribs) 08:26, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
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