Newbie tour de france question.
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iAmiAdam
New Member
If you make your whole team go faster as a pack, then you limit your chances of things.
For example, if they all run out of steam, then you're whole team is boned.
And if every team tried to create a breakaway, it'd be a peloton, just a few minutes infront.
For example, if they all run out of steam, then you're whole team is boned.
And if every team tried to create a breakaway, it'd be a peloton, just a few minutes infront.
Hont
Guru
- Location
- Bromsgrove
Breakaways have to be "let go" by the peloton. If one whole team tried to break away the peloton would chase them down immediately and they would have expended a whole load of effort for nothing.
biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
The GC contenders don't allow other GCer's to breakaway. If RadioShack tried to make a break with Lance, then all the other GCers would go with them, and you'd just end up with a fast moving peleton.
Because the GCer want to save some energy for the mountains, they allow non-contenders to break knowing it won't make any difference in Paris. The Sprinters teams see things the other way around.
But I'm no expert. so I could be wrong.
Because the GCer want to save some energy for the mountains, they allow non-contenders to break knowing it won't make any difference in Paris. The Sprinters teams see things the other way around.
But I'm no expert. so I could be wrong.
