Originally Posted by
pardon
Don't disagree that I need to work on my pack skills... but by "forcing me over the line", I mean that she pulled up beside me on the inside from behind, and then very suddenly moved laterally at me. We would have collided if I didn't react. Maybe I should have let that happen. I'm a 115lb woman and I've been shoved by a 160lb+ woman/guy/whatever... but never going that fast and into a turn.
I have a question about this move. When she came over where was she in relation to you, i.e. were her bars ahead or behind yours?
Coming into the final turn of a race, people are going to be fighting for position. Reading between the lines, I'm guessing that perhaps you let a small gap develop between you and the wheel ahead, and this aggressive rider worked your timidity to get you off the wheel, and force themselves in that gap.
If you stay tight on the wheel ahead of you it's much harder for someone to ride you off that wheel.