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5. Sixth-place Virginia Berasategui’s front Xentis wheel is down to 15 spokes; a 16th should be adjacent the valve stem, but it broke on the gradual uphill to Hawi (on smooth asphalt under a 90-pound rider)! Berasategui was with eventual winner Chrissie Wellington at Hawi, but her front wheel banging her fork for 100 kilometers took its toll, and she dropped far behind, but a 3:03 marathon brought her within seconds of 5th place. | Photo: Lennard Zinn
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5. Sixth-place Virginia Berasategui’s front Xentis wheel is down to 15 spokes; a 16th should be adjacent the valve stem, but it broke on the gradual uphill to Hawi (on smooth asphalt under a 90-pound rider)! Berasategui was with eventual winner Chrissie Wellington at Hawi, but her front wheel banging her fork for 100 kilometers took its toll, and she dropped far behind, but a 3:03 marathon brought her within seconds of 5th place. | Photo: Lennard Zinn
