Sneaking a Peek: Fans Find Creative Ways to Glimpse Olympics
The soon-to-be Olympic champion was in what cyclists derisively call "the pain cave," empty lungs searing and legs feeling like dead weight. The climb he was on seemed interminable, the evil gradient sending him straight into the sky.
Hardly the time for Richard Carapaz to look fondly upon a near-naked man running beside him on the road.
Except ... did the stoic rider from Ecuador actually crack a smile?