TdF questions

[Eden]

I'm going to have to guess that a "cheeky-boo" was a Britishism describing a nasty bit of twisty, turny or other wise dangerous bit of roadway coming into the finish or perhaps it was a small crash. An American might say something like a whoopsy doo? maybe

The climbs are classified so that the polka dot jersey can be awarded - they are classed from 4 to HC (hors categorie - or beyond catagorization in French) 4 is the easiest climb that a rider can score points on, 3,2,1 they get harder and HC is the hardest of all. Now how they are classified is a bit of a dark art. A lot of it has to do with the length and gradient of the climb, but then again the same climb might actually be catagorized differently depending on where it falls in the race. At the beginning of a stage a hard climb might be called a 1, but if it falls at the end of the race the same climb might be an HC.