Are there race series for recumbents that are similar to road racing for conventional bikes?. I mean large pelotons of riders in teams, racing 150-300 km each day, bunch sprints, leg breaker climbs of 15-20%, big mountain climbs like 15 km at 7%, high speed twisty descending, fighting for position, argy-bargy, team time trials, cobbled roads, cross-winds, and all that? Was there ever such racing for recumbents?. What was it like? What would it be like?

I'm basically wondering what tactics would be like for recumbent riders in such races.

With conventional bikes, aerodynamics play a huge part in tactics. A lone rider is at a big disadvantage to a group of riders taking turns paceline style. So winning is not simply about being the fastest or strongest rider. Team tactics are critical, domestiques shelter their leader from the wind, lead out their sprinter, bring back attacks.

Would any of this apply to a peloton of recumbents? Or is the aero effect of drafting so limited with a racing recumbent - presumably for maximum speed, they'd ride faired lowracers - that every race would devolve into individual 200 km time trials that happen to be sharing the same road?

I recall taking a ride on my conventional bike, with a group of recumbents. In fact, that was the first time I met Jeff Wills. He and the other recumbent riders were on faired, socked LWBs. It was shocking how little draft I could get off them. We were riding together, but for all intents and purposes, I was riding alone (other than the conversation and company, I mean).