You'd do fine I think. I led the first lap pretty much@24-25mph which is a lot of power for myself being skinny and a begginner again, and didn't remain sheltered for the first 30minutes of it as I kept getting spat out the side. After I collected my thoughts and focused on ways to make life easier 30+mph middle bunch was much easier to maintain. I'll place next race probably.
That said, sometimes you just have to bite stem and get the fast spurts out the way no matter where you are in the bunch.
It helps to have your head cut off (huge drag contributor)
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