[Rita puts up a good fight, and even manages to stay ahead of him at some points... but at the most crucial part of the race, just towards the end, he overtakes her and finishes just ahead.
Rita slides her bike to a stop, lowers it to the ground, then yanks off her helmet with an exasperated grunt.] Damn it! I almost had it!
[She told herself she wasn't going to care too much if she won or lost... but in the end, Rita's a sore loser, and the fact that she had the lead at any point in that race gave her a sense of false hope that was crushed as quickly as it emerged.]
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Rita slides her bike to a stop, lowers it to the ground, then yanks off her helmet with an exasperated grunt.] Damn it! I almost had it!
[She told herself she wasn't going to care too much if she won or lost... but in the end, Rita's a sore loser, and the fact that she had the lead at any point in that race gave her a sense of false hope that was crushed as quickly as it emerged.]