At the halfway point of the race, the leader has a one-minute lead over the second place rider. The leader is using his slipstream to catch up to the rider in front, but the rider is confident that he can hold off the leader. The rider tells us that the leader's tires are slipping, and that the rider has pulled away a bit. He says that he's impressed by the rider's riding style, which impresses him more and more as the race goes on. He's not worried about losing the lead, he says, because he'll hit his limit. He wonders why the rider isn't getting away from him, and he wonders if the woman is getting sucked into the lead. He doesn't want to give up, he thinks, but he also knows that the other rider will do everything in his power to catch him.