risk losing Cav and his ilk to the time cutoff, so DQS et al might also ride to shut down breaks.
Educate me.
How does one shut down a break?
I can understand how the peleton might go faster in order to catch a break, which might be deemed “shutting down” but essentially this surely just results in a higher speed that is trickier for Cav to keep up. No?
Or I guess if a DQS rider was in the break then he could soft pedal when he’s on the front to slow the break down. But then surely they’d just ride around him?
Did you mean either of the above, or something else?
PS. If anyone can recommend a video explaining all the nuances of stage races then I’d love to see it.
Cheers
And another thing, when people referr to the team helping Cav round the mountains… tell me what that actually entails… clearly they can get in front if him and shield him from the wind, but isn’t that of negligible value on 8% uphill gradients?
Tell me.
