Originally Posted by
daltri1
When drafting is legal, it becomes more a Tour race (lead groups and chase groups) than an individual sport. The Chase groups usually can catch a Lead group b/c of the signifance of their "draft" allowing them to travel faster than a smaller Lead group.....given the Lead group is actually smaller than the Chase group. Otherwise, to your point, you will not catch them.
Five man breakaway transitioned to run about 1 1/2 minutes ahead of the main group. The commentators did think the main group was not working together to haul the breakaway in.