Media 2

--Jake North

We just came upon Thomas Strebel, solo men's fifth place.  He is soft-pedaling the WV hills and sporting multi-colored Kinesio-tape injuring his knee in a crash yesterday.  He looked to be in a great deal of pain and having trouble pedaling.  Kevin Kaiser and Rob Morlock are charging from behind and may overtake him.  Thomas has ridden consistently for the last 10 days and it's disappointing to see him ceding ground now.