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REST FOR THE BRAVE

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I'm fascinated by
the origin of the human species.

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It's so mysterious.

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Where are we from,

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why are we here,
where are we going?

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Why this journey?

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There are no answers, of course.

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But you can find
a lot of serenity on earth.

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Up in those incredible
mountain landscapes,

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there's a feeling
of calm, of tranquility.

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Humans are made
to be active, after all.

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Every year, in late June,

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60 amateur cyclists
bike the Alps from north to south.

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The Mediterranean Sea,
where they rest for a day,

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is where their journey ends
and the memories begin.

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We did it!

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Bravo!

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Hi, Belgians!

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Hey, Canada!

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Where's the bag?
I'm going to miss my train.

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Humans have to adapt constantly.

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It's back to real life now,
with all its demands...

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But that's life.

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That's life.

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Times passes so quickly.

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I didn't fall in love
with cycling overnight.

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It happened very slowly.

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It began with the joy
of riding my bike at age six.

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In fact, the day I learned to bike,

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I woke up in the middle of night,

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shouting: "I know how! I know how!"

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My mother came in and shook me, saying:

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"How to do what?"

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"I know how, I tell you!"

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Suddenly I yelled: "To bike!"

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A tiny bike was
cycling around in my head.

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I think that at that age,

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cycling represents a new stage of life.

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It lets you cover great distances.

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In a way, it's a kind of escape.

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The next stage

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was watching
the Tour de France with my dad.

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A 1960s Tour de France.

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There were all the beautiful bikes,

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the jerseys, the riders...

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It was very compelling.

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I started dreaming
of bikes, jerseys, racing...

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But you can't compete when you're eight.

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So we'd race in the village.

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That's how it starts.

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That's when I really got the bug.

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All set for the return trip?

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Hope so.

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Is it your first time?

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Yup.

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Have you cycled this route before?
Even part of it?

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Yes, I did it once...

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But in three stretches.

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- With Philip?
- No, by myself!

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Once I biked that leg of the trip.

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It was two years ago.

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We left from...

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From where, again?

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From Pau.

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To Bayonne via St Jean Pied de Port.

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170 kilometres.

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When we left Pau, it was raining.

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But we could still bike.

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So we set off.

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It's farm country.

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- You never climb above 900 metres.
- More like 1200 meters.

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We're speeding along,
then there's a dip.

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Animals everywhere.

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You can imagine the state of the road.

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We looked like warriors.

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Covered in mud.

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Up to our foreheads.

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Spraying up from the wheels.

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We reached Bayonne in such a state!

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We were a sight.

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You smelled great.

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You said it.

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We were at St Jean Pied de Port.

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We went to the town hall,
or maybe the gym.

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The guys went and got rescue blankets.

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They were trembling
like crazy, from cold.

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When you're wet for
long enough, you get cold.

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I’ve never been so filthy
on a bike ride.

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- Excuse me, sir.
- Hello!

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Which route did you bike,

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and how many kilometres was it?

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We left from Thonon.

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That’s by Lake Geneva,
near Evian and Geneva.

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And we cycled all the way here.

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It’s what’s called
the Route des Grandes Alpes.

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With all the cols.

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Maybe you recognise their names
from the Tour de France.

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The Izoard, the Galibier...

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It’s about 700 kilometres.

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But distance is
less important than elevation.

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The Classic I’ll never forget

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is the Liège-Bastogne-Liège
won by Bernard Hinault.

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I think it was in 1980.

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Cycling Liège-Bastogne-Liège

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with the last
80 kms in the snow...

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It's mind-boggling.

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When you think
they only had wool gloves.

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They didn't have
our modern, ultra-protective gloves.

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Hinault ended the race
with two frozen fingers.

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Today he has two fingers
that are numb.

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To do that for 60 kilometres,

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through pine trees,
over tire tracks...

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It's nuts, it's inconceivable.

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At the end
he was coughing, unable to speak.

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For 60 kilometres, he'd been panting,

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gulping down freezing cold air.

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In that situation,
you suffer from the cold.

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Your muscles are paralysed.

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It's unbelievably hard.

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It's an almost superhuman feat.

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Parcels, a 16th century doctor, said:

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"The dose makes the poison."

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It's the same in sport.

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You shouldn't overdo it.

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I'd have liked to do the Iseran,

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but the weather conditions scared me.

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When I was in the van,
the thermometer read -1°.

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And when I saw
the gusting winds, the snow,

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I thought, no one'll pass.

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And then...

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There they were!

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They're tough. Real die-hards.

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What'll he do
when Bernard Thevenin catches up?

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Thevenin's in the lead,

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now followed by Felice Gimondi,

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who's struggling
as he comes out of this last climb.

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Eddy Merckx’s behind,
with Joop Zoetemelk in hot pursuit.

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We didn't see that coming!

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Thevenet has a 17 second lead,

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now a 20 second lead
on Felice Gimondi!

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How'd that happen?

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He just might win!

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A 30 second advantage
on Eddy Merckx and Joop Zoetemelk.

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The riders aren't here yet.

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What a moment
in this Tour de France.

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A real turning point.

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Thevenet now has
a 45 second lead on Eddy Merckx.

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Still no sign of
the world champion and yellow jersey

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sided by Joop Zoetemelk.

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There’s now
a one minute gap between them.

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Over a minute at the finish line.

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Zoetemelk's coming up now.

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He’s outpaced Eddy Merckx,
victim of his own ferocity.

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Hi Eric, it’s Francis.

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I’m stuck at
the Col de la Colombière

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with a broken spoke
in the rear wheel.

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So the wheel can't turn.

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I’m about...

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three kilometres past Scionzier.

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At kilometre 66.

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Well, please call me back.

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See you.

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Eddy Merckx's behind,

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victim of his ferocity.

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He tired himself out back there,

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on the descents and the Allos col.

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Now he's paying for it.

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Zootemelk's reaching the line now,

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1 minute 10 seconds too late.

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Eddy Merckx now pulls in...

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Bernard Thevenet crossed the line

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five seconds ago!

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We’ll follow him to determine the gap.

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What happened back there?

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The cameras weren’t on Eddy Merckx

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so we missed the moment

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when he was overtaken.

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Or maybe we were distracted.

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Our apologies...

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A bicycle has a soul.

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It takes us places.

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Good mechanics are a delight.

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When the bike purrs along quietly,
it’s a real delight.

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A squeaky derailleur’s a nightmare.

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It's like you’re not moving.

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So it's important
to look after the mechanics.

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And I really enjoy doing it.

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I find it relaxing.

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Usually, you're alone in the workshop.

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Sometimes you even talk to the machine.

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And you listen to it.

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You derail the chain.

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You do a bunch of tests
to make sure everything's ok.

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And once that's all done,

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once it's fine-tuned, oiled and greased,

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you can't resist hopping on
right away to see if it all works.

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And when it's all working fine,
it feels great.

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You've created this fantastic tool.

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And you're really proud.

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I need to treat my ass.

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A toilet paper bandage won't cut it.

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The saddle sure does leave its mark.

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Its red mark.

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I've got a 3 centimetre burn.

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Bad pair of bike shorts?

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Not at all!

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Cost me 200 euros.

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They looked like quality,
I was happy with them.

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They're good on the thighs.

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Good for circulation,
there's practically no...

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It's good for...

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...muscle return.

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But it's like an Assos in the saddle.

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I don't get it.

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I'll write to them when I get back.

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I'll write a review on their website,

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saying their cycling shorts burned me.

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Maybe they'll give me a credit note.

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They'll send you lube.

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No, I have lube.

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But that stuff...
I don't think it works.

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The best is to slather on burn cream.

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Or that smelly stuff for diaper rash.

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It's yellow. What's it called...

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It stinks.

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You rub it on thick.
It's for irritated skin.

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I bought a cream the other day.

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The guy said to put it on my sores.

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But I can't.
Too scared it'll burn my ass!

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I use Cetavlon and that's all.

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Cetavlon, sure.

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That's for babies.

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The other one's for babies too.
Yellow tube.

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It's not used much.
Smells too bad.

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In fact, they make
a neutral perfume with it.

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You could be smelled in the peloton!

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No matter what, you need a good saddle.

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If you don't train
for hours in the saddle, Daniel...

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It's the only way.

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See, I didn't suffer at all.

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I hated being confined.

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There were big factories in my region.

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But just the thought
of entering a factory...

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I absolutely did not
want to be confined.

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I wanted to...

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head off into the horizon.

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That, I knew for sure.

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So I became a truck driver.

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Great job.

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You're alone,
you make your merry way.

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You see other countries,
other customs.

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That's how I saw France,
and then other countries.

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Back then, no one took holidays.
I'm 65, you know.

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Farm communities didn't go on holiday.

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I couldn't go home much.

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But I made great friends.

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It's too bad I've lost so many.

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Lost track of them, I mean.

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But it was a wonderful job.

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We paid for it dearly, but we were free.

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You had to love it, though.
Being on the road.

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Being 28 and driving a Volvo truck...

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It was great.

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The truck took me everywhere.

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We were a team.

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Then...

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I slowly started cycling.

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Everyone knew me and my bike.

271
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My colleagues,
guys from other transport companies...

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Everyone knew me.

273
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"Hey, roadie!"

274
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I kept it behind.

275
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I drove a tanker,
so I couldn't put it inside the truck.

276
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I had to tie it to the cab.

277
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,640
The thing is,
biking's very time-consuming.

278
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You have to have
the right girlfriend for it.

279
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,400
Because it's not easy with some women!

280
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Some people
laugh and tell jokes while cycling.

281
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I can't do that.

282
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,760
I've got my heart rate monitor.

283
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,520
I know what I can handle.

284
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I'm not in incredible physical shape.

285
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,600
But I manage what I've got.

286
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I know what I can and can't do.

287
00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:02,520
I take my time.

288
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,640
When I train,
I bike at a certain pace.

289
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,880
And I reproduce
that same effort on my bike.

290
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,240
I stay very focused.

291
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,840
So I don't feel like
hearing wisecracks or dumb jokes.

292
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,960
I like biking alone.

293
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:31,120
Because I don't like
having a cadence imposed upon me.

294
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No pedal rates, no uphill speeds.

295
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,040
I like going at my own pace.

296
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,640
There's the view, the scents...

297
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There's everything around us.

298
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And it's wonderful.

299
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:44,640
I love it.

300
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,640
I don't like
going into unknown situations.

301
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:19,880
It's not my thing.

302
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,400
My classes were
always well prepared.

303
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I taught for 40 years.

304
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,400
Since I was 22 years old.

305
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,560
High school chemistry.

306
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,280
I always visualised my lessons.

307
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,160
I'd play them out.

308
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,480
Before the lesson, I already knew
which students I'd quiz,

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and what kind of
questions they'd ask me.

310
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Cycling's the same.

311
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,560
In life, everything must be prepared.

312
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,480
We're made for movement.

313
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,400
I have a lot of aches and pains,

314
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,640
but I manage them.

315
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,640
I want to keep cycling
as long as I can.

316
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,120
I'll take care of myself
and live as long as possible.

317
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,480
I'll learn as much as I can,

318
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:23,840
And be happy.

319
00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:32,120
At first,

320
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,960
when I started cycling after retiring,

321
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:37,800
the highway called to me.

322
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,160
I swear.

323
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:40,920
I'd set off on my bike...

324
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,960
I know all the local roads.

325
00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:45,760
I'd go all the way to Joigny

326
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on a road parallel to the highway.

327
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,720
Sometimes I was far from the highway,
sometimes on it.

328
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,200
I did it many times.

329
00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,320
140 kms there and back.

330
00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,840
I'd run into people I knew
from transport companies.

331
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,880
It took me six months to a year

332
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,400
to wean myself off that highway.

333
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,000
That was my route, see?

334
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,720
One day I thought,
it's time to stop.

335
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:16,440
Seriously!

336
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,560
That's all in the past now.

337
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,920
When you retire,
everyone calls you at first.

338
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,560
My buddies going through Nemours
would phone: "Hey, Gérard!"

339
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,000
I'd be at the café.

340
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,320
"I'm at the cutoff,
let's grab a coffee."

341
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,600
Sometimes I took my grandson along.

342
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,720
But it doesn't last.

343
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:40,560
The calls stop.

344
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:42,360
So you move on.

345
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,400
You can't just sit there
and feel miserable.

346
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,960
That's how I picture

347
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,040
the coming years.

348
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,600
I had colleagues...

349
00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,680
Who knows where they are now,

350
00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:01,800
they were from all over France.

351
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,840
They turned into couch potatoes.

352
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,720
That's asking for trouble.

353
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,280
Just asking for it.

354
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,480
Straightest route to aches and pains.

355
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,920
Better have a list of specialists
to call because you're done for.

356
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,160
If you bike, nothing aches.

357
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:23,520
You know...

358
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,600
I do my quota in the winter.

359
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,560
1000 kilometres a month.

360
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,120
Nice and easy.

361
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:33,240
I won't stop biking.

362
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:35,560
Three times...

363
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,120
a week.

364
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:39,800
Then in March,

365
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,840
you slowly start
to increase your distances.

366
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,400
I almost did 18 000 last year.

367
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,880
I was just a few kilometres short!

368
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,160
This year, if I stay healthy,
I'll do 20 000.

369
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:15,360
10 more years.

370
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:17,600
In 10 years...

371
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:19,840
I'll have to slow down.

372
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,040
I'll be 75.
It's a long way away.

373
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,040
It's around the corner and far away!

374
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:29,280
We'll see.

375
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:31,880
Time will tell.

376
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,400
I've written a song for Philippe.

377
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:55,000
It's to the tune of the Charlot song,
"Merci Patron".

378
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,920
You all sing, "Thanks, Philippe".

379
00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,680
I'll sing some verses

380
00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:01,640
that I've memorised.

381
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:02,800
Ready?

382
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:04,200
- Yeah!
- Let's go.

383
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,960
Thanks, Philippe!

384
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,640
Your bike's truly amazing

385
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,240
We're happy as can be

386
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,400
Thanks, Philippe!

387
00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:23,840
We'll go anywhere with you

388
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,320
With you, the whole world is beautiful

389
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,880
That's the end, that's all I wrote

390
00:34:43,240 --> 00:34:45,560
Happy is he who, like Ulysses

391
00:34:45,720 --> 00:34:47,880
Has journeyed far and wide

392
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,360
Happy is he who, like Ulysses

393
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,720
Has seen hundreds of lands

394
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,680
And then returned again

395
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,240
After roaming near and far

396
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,880
To the land of his youth

397
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,880
On an early summer's morn

398
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,240
As the sun sings in your heart

399
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,880
How fine it is to be free

400
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:11,960
To be free

401
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,440
When here is the best place on earth

402
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,960
When a friend makes your day

403
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,520
How fine it is

404
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,240
To be free

405
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,680
To be free

406
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:28,960
In sun and wind

407
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:32,160
In rain and sun

408
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:34,800
We lived quite content

409
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,560
My horse, my Provence and me

410
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:43,520
My horse, my Provence and me

411
00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:49,560
Happy is he who, like Ulysses

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00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:51,760
Has journeyed far and wide

413
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,160
Happy is he who, like Ulysses

414
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,600
Has seen hundreds of lands

415
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,680
And then returned again

416
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:00,960
After roaming near and far

417
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:05,440
To the land of his youth

418
00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:08,520
On a sweet summer morn

419
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,800
As the sun sings in your heart

420
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,400
How fine it is to be free

421
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:15,600
To be free

422
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,920
When your troubles have ceased

423
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,600
When a friend dries your tears

424
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:25,360
How fine it is to be free

425
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,480
To be free

426
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:28,720
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