^^^ Just ranted here.

First, they arer a rival team and second when it comes to stuff like this I'm just the crazy foriegner.

I'm not going to go into it here but culturally, it just wouldn't work. I would be telling them to go against their coach's instructions (he was there with their team car) and it would only make problems later.

If they do it again one of their riders was on my team last year. I could back channel it through him but they won't get it. I struggle with these kinds of things occassionally so it's far better for me to come here and vent then it is to cause bad feelings and have no effect.

The only thing I could do would be to get a local to go through the same back channel but then they might never show up again and I don't want that. Having 8 more strong riders added to the mix raises the bar and, if done right, everyone will benefit.

I'll see how it plays out next week and if it is the same I'll have to figure out what to do.

I was in break with their team at a race a while ago and my first thought is to work off of their moves but that benefits me and not the group.

I'll know in a few days.