Originally Posted by
Eclectus
You could start out riding like a demon, drop everybody, then get off and hide behind a tree. Then after the peloton goes by, ride down to the gondola lift and take it up to the top. Then zoom down and pass by people who are only halfway up. They'll probably make you next year's race director, and you won't have to do anything exertionall

Sounds like one of the first TDF winners.