A question on race tactics.

Suppose a strong rider is in a break. Call him Edvald Boasson Hagen.
He is also subject to team orders. Could he hurt the break by
attacking and help the chasing peloton catch the break?

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Old Fritz

On 20/07/2012 20:52, Frederick the Great wrote:

Suppose a strong rider is in a break. Call him Edvald Boasson Hagen.
He is also subject to team orders. Could he hurt the break by
attacking and help the chasing peloton catch the break?

Good question, it seems to be a win win situation, if he gets away and makes it
stick he wins, if the rest of the break catch him after having to ride they are
hurt. So they caught him and he sat up till the bunch caught up with him. Later
him and Wiggins ride like **** to catch the break and he performs a high speed
launch of Cavendish who finishes so fast that several of the breakaway riders
stop pedalling as he goes by. Of course it's easy to say all this
retrospectively, the question is of course did Sky plan it with these options in
mind...I vote yes.

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