Tom Simpson ( 30 November 1937 – 13 July 1967 ) was a British professional cyclist , one of Britain 's most successful of all-time .

For the first time in Paralympic history , and the first time in the Olympics or Paralympics since 1960 , an athlete—Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad—died during competition Competition .

All four crew members on the plane survived Rescuing , but all 10 people aboard the minibus were killed Killing , along with a cyclist and a cab passenger .

Torch lighter was former road racing cyclist Rubén Darío Gómez , gold medallist at the 1961 Bolivarian Games Competition .

Four people were killed Killing : an Iraqi-born British tourist named Name_conferral Saad al-Hilli , 50 ; his wife Iqbal , 47 ; her mother Suhaila al-Allaf , 74 , who held Defending a Swedish passport ; and French cyclist Sylvain Mollier , 45 .