16:38 CEST 97km/30km to go Krivtsov has been caught as the bunch hits 30km to go. Immediately the bunch slows down a little and spreads across the road. Basso sits just behind a teammate who in turn sits on the Quick Step train.
I would feel, "They caught me, now they slow down. I'm going to attack again. It's mostly flat to the finish. Give them something to do. If they want me in the bunch, they can work for it."
Question is, how does the bunch deal with it, how do they feel?
16:38 CEST 97km/30km to go Krivtsov has been caught as the bunch hits 30km to go. Immediately the bunch slows down a little and spreads across the road. Basso sits just behind a teammate who in turn sits on the Quick Step train.
I would feel, "They caught me, now they slow down. I'm going to attack again. It's mostly flat to the finish. Give them something to do. If they want me in the bunch, they can work for it."
Question is, how does the bunch deal with it, how do they feel?
-- Michael Press
One of the reasons that they typically try not to catch the breakaway till right before the finish is that they don't want to have to deal with more breakaways that might go away after they just catch one. At 30 km out there's a huge probability that someone will try to take advantage of the lull and launch an attack. Depending on how the day's gone up to that point, they may just let it go for a few km then chase it down, or they may get really perturbed at the instigator(s). Chiapucci was reviled for attacking at the silliest moments when the field didn't really want to ride hard, and he didn't really have much chance of succeeding anyway. But, they couldn't just let him go, so chase they did. From what I recall reading of his exploits, his fellow racers thought he was daring, but irritating.
I would feel, "They caught me, now they slow down. I'm going to attack again. It's mostly flat to the finish. Give them something to do. If they want me in the bunch, they can work for it."
If you just broke away with 60kmh, then going in front of the pack with about 55kmh you are not able just to do that again^^. You need a few minutes to get your second wind and by that time the sprint has started.
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Question is, how does the bunch deal with it, how do they feel?
They would love it as you wouldn't get away very far :P
