Originally Posted by
furiousferret
Stupid question, and I've always wondered why this isn't done, but why didn't Garmin have guys take pulls and slow down the pack? Its only going to buy a few seconds but that's all he needed.
when they were closing in the final Ks the peloton was like 6 wide at the front with 2-3 different tip-of-the-spear guys. Would be tough to do, also guys would headbutt and crash them out, probably. I think there's just an unspoken "we don't do that" agreement.