Originally Posted by
Doge
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mattm please give me your thoughts on this somewhat new technique for puppy. Other than the junior gear part I think it applies to any smaller fitter rider in a Crit against bigger faster riders. That being - wait for the break to establish, THEN bridge up.
I never raced at that level and if I did - I was too big (even lean) for it to matter.
I'll be Matt for a second. I think he played it the right way. I have a friend who put out 1700+ watts on junior gears so that shouldn't be a limitation.
His strategy was good because to be honest guys like me would rather sit and wait for a really fast high power sprint then to be in a break and sprint from there. Fact is I can use my size and power to push little guys like Puppy Doge around.
I struggle with smaller guys because they can use their size advantage to sit in with a better effect and it takes less for them to accelerate then it does for a bigger guy.
All in all I think he played to his strengths and did awesome.