11.   Mrs. Warrington was considered one of the top riders in the United States in the three-day event.

12.   More intriguing is the Armstrong-LeMond matchup as the top rider in U.S. history.

13.   Pincay acknowledged he was helped by the absence of some other top riders for much of the six-week meet.

14.   Ross Powers and Sondra Van Ert, a former alpine skier, are the top U.S. riders.

15.   Some top riders said that the portable equipment could be moved, costing riders precious fractions of a second.

16.   Some decried the lack of competition with so many top riders absent, as if that could be blamed on Armstrong.

17.   Stine Brun Kjeldaas of Norway is expected to be another top rider.

18.   That helps the U.S. and other Western nations, where top riders often turn professional as soon as they can.

19.   What was it Eddy Merckx said when somebody asked him how to become a top rider?

20.   While at the track, Baez received a call from top California rider Kent Desormeaux.