"There's no point referring to the Dow Jones." "What we should be wary of in the present situation, are the property funds, particularly the low interest property funds." "I've sold everything off for a personal pension plan." "Apparently, the levy at source is going to increase." "When I looked at it, there was no info on that." "You go to the youth house, 5 miles after the border." "Be careful." "Eleven..." "Twelve..." "Thirteen..." "Fourteen..." "Fifteen..." "The Iron Horse... 3 Bad Men..." "Are you all right?" "I was fine until I saw that." "I thought you were on chemotherapy." "It's closed on Sunday." "It would have been the first time in 50 years that I had missed the rally." "I mean, if I reach the top..." "I bet you I take less than 1 hour 20." "Let's take a half-mile short cut." "The Parpaillon pass, which rises brutally to about 2600 m, is the toughest in the Alps." "We have 1 minute, there's no point shooting more." "Did I show you the accident black spots?" "And don't forget to film the M.P. Go ahead, quick." "Get moving!" "You Sport guys think you're Lemond." "Weren't you in the Sport category last year?" "Did you change to Tourist because you're too slow?" "At this speed, you don't even know which pass you climbed." "Looks like you'll soon have a Sport rider in the family." "Not if I can help it." "I've seen your daughter up ahead with my friend with the Ursus pump." "Mummy, a tandem!" "Call the police!" "Can we swap bikes for five minutes?" "I've never lent my bike to anyone." "Your back tyre's a bit flat." "What am I doing here?" "We could have been relaxing in Venice." "You told me there was only one hill." "Are we nearly there yet?" "After the bend, it will be much easier." "I bet a friend 2,000 $ that I'd climb the pass in a low gear." "Watch out, it only lasts for 2 hours." "Shit!" "This means I'll have to go back again." "Can you put my wife on please?" "No, I'm not with a prostitute." "I'm at the Hilton." "I have an important lunch." "A client from Riyadh." "A million-dollar contract." "All right." "Love you." "See you this evening." "Definitely." "Mr Schneider, do you remember me?" "I work on the milling machine." "Next to the warehouse." "Of course!" "What a question!" "I wasn't aware that you..." "Let's dispense with the formalities, especially at this altitude." "I didn't know you did rallies too." " Here." " Thank you." "This is my fifth Parpaillon." "How about you?" "Hello, it's urgent." "For the 15 dismissals I've signed..." "One..." "Two..." "Three..." "For the two cut fingers of the sorting lady." "What's this?" "There's no village on my map." "We're coming Crévoux." "Altitude of 5,000 feet, 200 inhabitants." "The village is surrounded by wooded meadows..." "Give it a rest!" "I can smell the petrol station and the pine resin." "Is that all there is about cycling?" "It doesn't even mention us." "What do you expect?" " We're half way." " Yes, but it was the easiest part." "Now it really gets started." "There's a sharp 8 in 1 bend at the edge of the village." "It's the toughest pass in France." "Already?" "Shit!" "This is where I stop." "If I make to the top this year, what will I do next year?" "Shit!" "My brand new bike!" "You chose the wrong rut." "It will only end in tears." "That's my rut!" "I knew it was the other one." "I'm going to impress her." "Hello, yes?" "I'll try to do without." "The photo coverage has been good." "We have more than enough." "I'll be at mile 9." "Come and fetch me." "Quickly." "I've to open a charity restaurant in one hour." " May I?" " No." "You may touch me, but not push me." "I want to climb on my own." "I'll have go back to climb the part where you pushed me." " I didn't push you." " Do you swear it?" " Yes, I swear." " Thank you." "Sorry." "BIKE" "Women drivers!" "This is no time to sleep!" "My God, I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me." "Please let me write you a cheque for the damage." " There's no damages." " Come on, please!" "Come on, move it!" "Get out of the way!" "It doesn't matter, sweetheart." "In two bends time, you'll have forgotten about it." "Here, your old boneshaker." "My boneshaker?" "I'm waiting for someone." "I'll clear off in a minute." "Take your time." "Yes, it's a Sebring exhaust." "It was a 5 pint, but it oushed it in 6 pint." "K-Jetronic Turbo injection." "Is that a Speeder?" "Dual overhead camshaft." "Weber dual carburettor..." "Unbelievable!" "Bringing a car here today of all days!" "I'm waiting!" "These guys with their cars!" "Bastards!" "Are you planning to cut the wheat?" "There are no fields at 7,000 ft." "He can't get a hard-on." "He compensates with sperm from above." "It's a high-quality saddle." "And I pierced the double chain wheel to gain 10 grains." "I've chosen a pressure of 3.5 bar and an unusual 1/10 of a inch frame for the aerodynamic shape." "I like the smell of those woods." "We have to make the most of it, these are the last trees." "I've been doing Parpaillon for four years." "Have you done it before?" "It's my first time." "It's not the Parpaillon anymore, it's tarmac." " Dirty pigs." " Don't be so rude." "I was riding at a good pace." "It's too easy." "It's not like the old days." "The bastards, they led us to believe it would be tarmacked to the end." "I'll go and get one from the bottom." " Are you doing the Allos Pass next Sunday?" " No, too easy." " Take the inside line." " No, you'll knock me over." "Excuse me, can you give me a hand?" "Please..." " Worn out?" " No, I'm fine." "I'll be better in a bit." "You look like you have a throat infection." "Hold on..." "Yes, you do." "You should stop." " No, I can't." "I've mixed money market funds and export funds, given the present stock-market fluctuations..." "You'll never see something like that again." "I'm bound to win a prize in the Kodak competition." "You don't have to climb Parpaillon." "I saw some wonderful things in the Bois de Paris farm, for only 50 francs." "Why do you say no to him?" "You feel good with him." "He's already climbed it." "I love him, but I won't be worthy of him until I've climbed the Parpaillon." "No, not here." "How much do they pay you to do this?" " We pay 100 francs." " What?" "100 francs?" " This is the most difficult part." " No, there's worse in 500 yards." "There are rocks in the left rut." " It's the toughest pass in Europe." " There are much worse ones." " You'll ruin your mechanism." " I need it, it's my music." "Weren't the refreshments here in previous years?" "Do you have a sugar lump?" "Just a little lump..." "There, look." "Look there." "Do you see the wheel tracks?" "There." "They are from a Moser." "A 1 inch, to be more precise." "My goodness, a bike!" "Do you know what it means?" "It's the German who overtook me when I got a flat." "It's that way." "I have a map." "But I've never been able to read these things." "Me neither." "Here." "It must be that way." "It goes up more directly." "Do you understand?" "On one hand, there are the things that we see and on the other, the things that we imagine." "But that doesn't mean the former are more worthy or more real than the latter." "What we imagine is only as real as we imagine it to be." "You'll understand." "I'll give you an example." "When the king Nebuchadnezzar left Nineveh..." "Have you seen a bike?" "A Legnano with a Shimano frame," "Mavic rims and a Brompton chain." "There's no more room." "It's so badly organised this year!" "Go on." "It would be useful for once." "Make a little effort." "We've run out of tubulars." "The Parpaillon with tubulars?" "We only have clinchers." "Anything for an inner tube." "Thank you." "100 francs for a tubular." "200 francs for a tubular." "That's a clincher." "And it's a 1 inch 3." "If anyone had told me I'd be putting a clincher on a 1,000 franc rim... 7,100... 7,101... 7,102... 7,103... 7,104... 7,105... 7,106..." "I think we've overreached the pass." "Damn, we didn't see the summit." "Let's have a look, it can't be far." "Wait, I'll take your picture." " I ride for fun." " He does that every year." "What good will that do you?" "Are you going to gain an hour?" "Don't you have a bike?" "Show me your papers." "Yes..." "You're almost at the top." "You're almost at the top." "This is the last time." "Next time, I'll go to the seaside." "This one hasn't paid." "If it continues like that, we won't even have 100% profits." "It's so beautiful." "It's a carbon fibre Giant Cadex 980C." "I told you we couldn't spend more than 20 seconds on this subject." "No winner and no accidents." " You said one minute." " No, 20 seconds." "Right, Hector?" "Yes, you said 20 seconds." "Not so fast!" "We're going too fast." "We'll reach the top too quickly." "At this rate, we'll never be able to better it next year." "How do you do it?" "I did the lzoard Pass this morning." "Pass number two, and away I zoom." "Cheyenne Autumn..." "Young Cassidy... 7 Women..." "Ekimov moves up." "He is still a few lengths beforehand but he now has a chance to win." "It wouldn't be surprising." "He's a very powerful cyclist who can go all-out for 2 miles." "Ekimov arrives on the Champs-Elysées." "He pushes on the pedals..." "I'm telling you, Alfred, he'll finish second." "No, he'll definitely finish third." "It's amazing..." " So you're racing now?" " No, I only do the last mile." "Steep hill, isn't it?" "Talk about bad planning!" "Sir, maybe we can try the key to the cellar..." "Finished in 1901, the tunnel assured a link with the port in case of Italian invasion." "The tunnel, 514 yards long..." "You didn't tell me about that!" "You know I'm scared of tunnels." "I couldn't get through a 50 yards tunnel, why should I manage this one?" "This is the last time I'll be taken in!" "I can't do this, I'm telling you!" "It's impossible." "I'm dying in here." "I don't want this to be my grave." "Shit..." "The Parpaillon tunnel." "This'll be the last time he sees me." "I don't want to die yet!" " You're not going back down?" " No, I'm not going down." "It's this way, I'm sure." "Here we go..." "Wait for me." "It took 3 months to open the tunnel." "Keep to the right." "I feel the wall next to me." "The thieves!" "That's not even a pass!" "We went through all that for this!" "They said it was 9,144 ft high." "I haven't beaten my record." "I've done this for nothing." "Don't overdo it." "Go on!" "You shouldn't have done this." "I'll go and find you a doctor." "Let me tell you a secret that I won't tell anyone else." "It's the first time I've climb the Parpaillon." "I never dared to say it." "I was ashamed." "I knew everything about it." "In fact, the map is the land..." "I feel better now." "My God, somebody's there!" "Where is it?" "Is this a joke?" "Calm down." "It's always like that after a pass." "Give me a minute." "Today we'll be really the only ones to have climbed the Parpaillon." "Damn!" "The door's closing." "Shit, the door's closing behind us." "I can't see anything." "Wait, it's this way." "Something must have happened to them." "No, someone would have stopped." "Why did you use 28 teeth?" "You should have used 26 teeth." "That's very clever, bursting my tyre like that." "I want to see everyone on Monday at 8 on the dot." "One mistake and you'll be in for it." "You've been warned!" "Yes!" "2 hours 25." "I climbed the Parpaillon Not a single spoke is gone" "And my chain is firmly on..." "Now we'll have to wait a year until the next rally." "Do you know how many forms I'll have stamped between now and then?" "It's the toughest pass in the world." "I have nothing left to climb!" "What about the Lhakpa La in Tibet?" "It's higher than 19,000 ft." "I'm going there Saturday." "Come with me." "I almost fell asleep." "I'm fed up with unit trusts and personal pension plans." "I'm going to throw it all in and invest in real estate, or a stamp collection or blocked accounts." "Reduced price for the three rallies." "Unbeatable price!" "Reduced price for the three rallies." "Unbeatable price!" "I'm virtually giving them away." "The three rallies together!" "Have you sold a ticket to a young brown-haired man with a white jersey with a lot of colours?" "A very handsome young man?" " I've sold so many tickets." " Where is the next rally?" "The one with the lzoard Pass and the Galibier." "With the Galibier?" "Fantastic, he's bound to be there." " Have you got a ticket left?" " Only for a 4-rally combined pass." "400 francs." "Every time I'm at the top of a pass, I get damp money." "Aren't you going to finish the rally?" "I never do the descent." "It's too easy." "You can see we're not in the High Alps anymore." "The Low Alps, what a pile of crap!" "I wouldn't climb the Parpaillon again for all the world!" "At least we can say we got our money's worth." "Have you seen my bike?" "A Legnano with a Shimano frame, Mavic rims Brompton chains and Mafac brakes."