That's why I like self-supported races or otherwise limiting the amount of support a rider can receive in a race.

I'd like to see that clacssic grinding athletic endurance put back into stage racing. Sure, it's still hard, but there's something that's very different when your support car has all the supplies you need and should there be any untoward mechanical, they'll swap you a complete bike and fix up whatever just happened.

The man vs. nature aspect is dulled.