Having looked on the limit in the qualifier, the second round ride was as smooth as could be expected, with barely a gap to be seen between the four bikes and not a single marginal change.
As it was, the Britons hit 4min 16sec in their victorious bronze ride-off against New Zealand and their second round ride against the Chinese, proving that even though this was their lowest placing since 2008, they are certainly well in the frame for Rio as long as they learn the lessons thrown up by Thursday evening's struggle.
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An anti-Ségolène alliance could give her a tough second-round ride.
The merry-go-round ride on the Pincio in the Borghese Gardens is 50 cents.
— STEVE ADAMEK Luke Donald's wild second-round ride to a 72 and a seat as the clubhouse leader: par, two birdies, par, bogey, four pars, bogey, birdie, four bogeys, par, birdie, par.
Three inches cost the 5-10 or 5-11 Wilson millions on draft weekend; if he could have broken the 6-0 barrier, he would have gotten to go on the first-round ride.
I got the view I wanted -- with the dome of St. Peter's rising in the distance adjacent to the umbrella-pine green of the Janiculum Hill -- in exchange for a 50-cent merry-go-round ride.
In the course of his emotional fourth-round ride, Roddick wore his joys and frustrations on his short sleeves: pumping his fists, rolling his eyes, thrusting out his tongue and doing his best Boris Becker tribute by diving fruitlessly but spectacularly to his left for a wide shot in the final set.
And maybe I carry myself like this lost dizzy guy waiting to leap onto another short merry-go-round ride.
College students were asked to compare the time needed to complete the round trip riding a bicycle with and without wind blowing within 2 min.
