What the "H"?

[John Dacey]

For Tour riders eliminated on time, what's the "H" stand for in
"H.Delais"? Haute?
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[Ewoud Dronkert]

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:23:05 -0400, John Dacey wrote:
> For Tour riders eliminated on time, what's the "H" stand for in
> "H.Delais"? Haute?

Hors, same as in "hors catégorie" climbs.

[KenBHart]

Hors loosely translates to:
"beyond" or "out of"


In article >, Ewoud Dronkert
> writes:

>On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:23:05 -0400, John Dacey wrote:
>> For Tour riders eliminated on time, what's the "H" stand for in
>> "H.Delais"? Haute?
>
>Hors, same as in "hors catégorie" climbs.

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[Stewart Fleming]

Haute, pronounced "ho".

When riders would struggle in late at the end of the stage in the Alps,
visiting Swiss spectators would shout at them: "Haute Delais de haute
delais de haute delais de haute."

[Didier A. Depireux]

John Dacey > wrote:
> For Tour riders eliminated on time, what's the "H" stand for in
> "H.Delais"? Haute?

Helimine! (which translates as heliminated).

Didier

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