▁single - day ▁race ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁not ▁to ▁use ▁pac ers . ▁Tom ▁Sim pson ▁won , ▁be ating ▁Elli ott ▁and ▁a ▁domestic ▁professional , ▁Albert ▁H itchen . ▁Cont ro vers y ▁started ▁the ▁moment ▁that ▁Cy cling ▁printed ▁a ▁picture ▁of ▁the ▁s print . ▁Elli ott ▁had ▁his ▁hands ▁t ug ging ▁his ▁bra kes ▁before ▁the ▁line . ▁The ▁magazine ▁suggested ▁he ▁was ▁bra king ▁to ▁avoid ▁the ▁crowd ▁further ▁down ▁the ▁road , ▁but ▁many ▁thought ▁it ▁a ▁fix . ▁Another ▁r ider ▁in ▁the ▁race , ▁P ete ▁Ry alls , ▁said ▁in ▁Pro cy cling ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 : ▁The ▁fix ▁was ▁for ▁Barry ▁Hob an ▁to ▁win . ▁Barry ▁was ▁touch ▁and ▁go ▁whether ▁he ' d ▁get ▁another ▁contract ▁because ▁he ' d ▁done ▁sweet ▁FA ▁all ▁season . ▁And ▁it ▁all ▁went ▁wrong ▁because ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁have ▁the ▁form ▁anyway ▁and ▁it ' s ▁a ▁blo ody ▁long ▁way ▁if ▁you ▁don ' t ▁have ▁the ▁legs . ▁And ▁the ▁thing ▁that ▁mess ed ▁it ▁up ▁was ▁that ▁going ▁across ▁Ang les ey ▁a ▁big ▁tall ▁l ank y ▁gu y ▁called ▁Peter ▁Gordon . ▁He ▁pushed ▁off ▁and ▁caused ▁all ▁sorts ▁of ▁const ern ation ▁and ▁the ▁only ▁people ▁who ▁could ▁get ▁across ▁to ▁him ▁were ▁Sim pson ▁and ▁the ▁guys ▁he ' d ▁brought ▁across ▁with ▁him , ▁and ▁H itchen ... ▁so ▁pres umably ▁they ▁sorted ▁it ▁out ▁between ▁them ▁afterwards , ▁but