That's hillarious... those early days were something. The roads in the mountains were all dirt back then. Riders used to go on strike and call the organizers "murderers".

Hors Category literally translates to "beyond category" - and the way they categorized climbs (at least the urban legend) is pretty funny too.... Supposedly it was the lowest gear needed for the car to climb it - HC's apparently the car couldn't even get to the top....