Originally posted by Maurizio
Oh come on... give me a break.
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Unless you'll have to contest with a steep climb that will be raced hard at the very begining of a race, you don't need to spend time warming up for some 3 hour race - or 1.5 hour race for that matter.
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- Maurizio
If you think you don't need to warm up for a 3hr race, I suggest you come to Belgium and enter a local 'kermiskoers' (Elite without contract or U23). You would be surprised at how fast they start and without a proper warm up, you'd be dropped by the pack after 5 kms.
On the other hand, I'm not familiar with the racing scene in the US, so maybe it's not necessary over there
Anyone can shed any light on these country differences?
niek