1.   Another rider got hurt.

2.   By buying a ticket well in advance, riders can get a seat in a restored, enclosed, turn-of-the-century car.

3.   Each rider gets a cellular phone for communicating while zipping down the highway.

4.   On the hill one night last week, the riders were getting pretty skilled in the fourth week of the program.

5.   Riders finally got to say goodbye to the mountains as the Pyrenees gave way to the Atlantic Ocean and the course followed the coast into town.

6.   The buses get VIP parking and the riders get special group seating.

7.   The riders were getting restless, especially one extremely vexed fellow who was yelling at the token clerk.

8.   The riders will get one more rest day before encountering the Alps.

9.   The riders Wednesday got a treat when they passed a looming castle near the finish line in Vitre.

10.   Theodore Orosz, bus manager of New York City Transit, said riders can get free transfers only by using Metrocards.