Originally Posted by
ypsetihw
ok so this begs the question I had running through my head at the time, how do you drop off the front when you're done taking your pull without falling too far back to still contest the sprint? nobody was coming around me to take a turn, and when I had pulled out before, the only way to stay in the top 5 was to muscle my way back into line, which felt aggressive and not very smooth.
If you want to be up there all you have to do is to ease up for about 5-10 seconds. Let a few riders pass you and then get back up to their speed. Now you're maybe 2nd row, 3rd row, meaning you're behind at least one rider or two riders.
I'm going to expand on this in a post and link it to this thread.
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