Originally Posted by
grwoolf
I was able to do this a couple times today, but when I got up near the front, I wasn't sure what to do. Is it expected that you go to the front and pull, or will someone typically give you a gap? I just hung out in the wind until I could find an opening, but I wasn't sure how hard to push this. I also went to the front once to pull and then someone eventually pulled in front of me.
Any time I find myself up there, without anywhere to get in, I just attack. Really though, there's pretty much always a way in. If you came up on the upwind side, go around the front, drift back a bit, then overlap your front wheel with someone else's rear wheel, snuggle up close, and your bars and bike will push the next guy back into the wind, and the wheel is yours. If you came up on the downwind side, you can just go directly into this maneuver.