1.
GV COMPETITORS ROUNDING BEND
0.07

2.
GV PAN..DITTO
0.15

3.
GV PAN..GROUP RACING TOWARDS FINISH
0.23

4.
CU SPECTATORS
0.25

5.
GV NO 2, T. SIMPSON ARRIVES AT FINISH
0.29

6.
SV PAN..NO 9 MANZANO CROSSES FINISHING SECOND, FOLLOWED BY NO 28 M. ZILVERBERG, THIRD
0.34

7.
CU SIMPSON WITH COLLEAGUES
0.37

8.
CU SPECTATORS APPLAUD
0.39

9.
CU SIMPSON WITH MAYOR
0.43

10.
CU SIMPSON WITH BOUQUET OF FLOWERS
0.46



Initials AA/S/AW/ES


SPORT: CYCLING
EDITORS: SEE ALSO PROD 4565/63 (18 JUNE 63) - START AND EARLY STAGES OF RACE.

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Background: A MAGNIFICENT RIDE BY TOMMY SIMPSON, AN ENGLISHMEN NOW LIVING IN BELGIUM, GAVE HIM VICTORY IN THE 100 MILE (161 KILOMETRE) PROFESSIONAL MANX PREMIER CYCLE ROAD RACE IN THE ISLE OF MAN YESTERDAY (TUESDAY).SIMPSON BECAME THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN TO WIN THIS RACE, WHICH ALWAYS ATTRACTS SOME OF THE GREATEST CONTINENTAL RIDERS.

THE WEATHER WAS SO BAD THAT ONLY 16 OF THE 69 STARTERS SURVIVED THE GALE-FORCE WINDS AND RAIN TO COMPLETE THE TEN LAPS OF THE "CLYPSE CIRCUIT".DUTCHMAN HUBERTUS ZILVERBERG BUILT UP A CONSIDERABLE LEAD - AT THE END OF LAP 7 HE WAS OVER 2 MINUTES AHEAD OF HIS NEAREST RIVAL - BUT IN THE LAST HALF-MILE SIMPSON OVERTOOK THE DUTCHMAN TO STREAK AWAY TO WIN BY A HUNDRED YARDS.FRENCHMEN HAMON AND MANZANO WERE THE ONLY OTHER RIDERS ABLE TO CHALLENGE ZILVERBERG.MANZANO EDGED HIM OUT OF SECOND PLACE, AND HE HAD TO BE CONTENT WITH THIRD.SIMPSON'S TIME OF 4 HOURS 49 MINUTES 51.2 SECONDS WAS THE SLOWEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE RACE.