21.   She and Fiacconi ran in the lead pack from the start, but halfway through the race Loroupe seemed to be struggling.

22.   Suddenly, Pantani, who had been riding with the main group two minutes back, surged to join the lead pack and then attacked to take the lead.

23.   The lead pack consisted of two, three or, in rare instances, four cars.

24.   The lead pack, including Jarrett, Martin, Jeff Burton, Labonte and Gordon, all chose to pit.

25.   When the team ran a lap around the complex, Greenwell was in the lead pack.

26.   With nine laps left, the lead pack was reduced to three runners, the three who would make the Olympic team.

27.   With the exception of ninth-place Stewart, none of the lead pack pitted for tires or fuel.

28.   Yet Loroupe, who finished third, was maintaining her pace, staying beside Franca Fiacconi, the eventual winner, in the lead pack on First Avenue.

29.   And shortly after that, as the course reached the difficult hills of suburban Sydney, the lead pack overtook him.

30.   As the lead pack was reduced to four, the pursuers rallied and reduced its advantage to less than four minutes in the final kilometers.