Professional Cycling - Do you have the Hell on Wheels quote: "The only sport that ennobles its audience"

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Adamsrjc
01-24-07, 02:22 AM
I saw Hell on Wheels the whole way through finally. I was moved by the quote the historian made regarding cycling being the only sport that ennobles its audience. Would someone please write the script from that section of the movie for me here or post a link if it is written somewhere online? I have been unable to find it.

Proximo
01-28-07, 10:53 AM
Starting around 1:00:50:

"The atheletes come to the audience on the Tour and treat them like nobility. And the whole thing's free! The riders come to you. Hinault, Lapize, Indurain and Armstrong come to you, the regular guy, the loser, the metro commuter. Cycling is the only sport that ennobles its audience."