Editing Tour de France (section)

==Deaths==
{{See also|List of professional cyclists who died during a race}}
[[File:Tom Simpson memorial, Mont Ventoux, 2 May 2009.jpg|thumb|Memorial of [[Tom Simpson]] on [[Mont Ventoux]], who died near the summit during the [[1967 Tour de France]], aged 29.]]
Cyclists who have died during the Tour de France:
* 1910: French racer [[Adolphe Hélière]] drowned at the [[French Riviera]] during a rest day.
* 1935: Spanish racer [[Francisco Cepeda (cyclist)|Francisco Cepeda]] plunged down a ravine on the [[Col du Galibier]].
* 1967: 13 July, Stage 13: [[Tom Simpson]] died of heart failure during the ascent of Mont Ventoux. [[Amphetamine]]s were found in Simpson's jersey and blood.
* 1995: 18 July, Stage 15: [[Fabio Casartelli]] crashed at {{convert|88|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} while descending the [[Col de Portet d'Aspet]].

Another seven fatal accidents have occurred:
* 1934: A motorcyclist giving a demonstration in the velodrome of La Roche-sur-Yon, to entertain the crowd before the cyclists arrived, died after he crashed at high speed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1934/07/28/pagina-2/621791/pdf.html|date=28 July 1934|page=2|language=es|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo|title=Ultimas Informaciones&nbsp;– La XXVIII Vuelta a Francia}}</ref>
* 1957: 14 July: Motorcycle rider Rene Wagner and passenger [[Alex Virot]], a journalist for Radio Luxembourg, went off a mountain road in the Spanish Pyrenees.<ref name=Eurosport>{{cite web| url=http://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/tour-de-france/2017/the-remarkable-tale-of-alex-virot-the-tragic-tintin-of-the-tour-de-france_sto6242316/story.shtml| title=The remarkable tale of Alex Virot, the tragic Tintin of the Tour de France| last=Lowe| first=Alex| work=[[Eurosport]]| date=2017| access-date=24 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924135801/http://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/tour-de-france/2017/the-remarkable-tale-of-alex-virot-the-tragic-tintin-of-the-tour-de-france_sto6242316/story.shtml| archive-date=24 September 2017| url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1958: An official, Constant Wouters, died from injuries received after sprinter [[André Darrigade]] collided with him at the [[Parc des Princes]].{{sfn|Woodland|2007|p=105}}
* 1964: Nine people died when a supply van hit a bridge in the [[Dordogne]] region, resulting in the highest tour-related death toll.<ref>[http://www.sudouest.fr/2013/10/23/le-11-juillet-1964-a-lalinde-24-neuf-morts-sur-le-tour-de-france-1208590-1889.php Tour de France : il y a 50 ans, neuf personnes étaient tuées en Dordogne] – Sud-Ouest, 10. Juli 2014</ref>
* 2000: A 12-year-old from [[Ginasservis]], known as Phillippe, was hit by a car in the Tour de France publicity caravan.{{sfn|Woodland|2007|p=80}}
* 2002: A seven-year-old boy, Melvin Pompele, died near [[Retjons]] after running in front of a car in the publicity caravan.{{sfn|Woodland|2007|p=80}}
* 2009: 18 July, Stage 14: A spectator in her 60s was struck and killed by a police motorcycle while crossing a road along the route near [[Wittelsheim]].<ref name="autogenerated3"/>