Originally Posted by
mattm
TTs can offer that, but road racing is different (lucky for me!)
rode my new TT bike for the first time on Saturday... only there's too few TTs. i think i need to move to the UK so I can hill climb and TT to my hearts content
Originally Posted by
hack
In the 3/4 race above, the guy that won was strong enough to stay away and was probably their selected racer. If you'd completed the bridge up to him and even brought the whole field with you, would they have had other strong riders that could have countered and stayed away solo?
yeah, hes no slouch, he was the guy who got 3rd in the 2/3s. i still think I'm stronger than him, but hes a worthy adversary. i'm not sure if their other team members could have held it, i was mainly marked by someone who was effectively their road captain and their sprinter. pulling those two up to their climber/TT rider didn't seem like a winning strategy.