If a break that you think might make it forms and you don't have a team, you have to bridge. If you don't think you're up to the task, then you'll have to hope others bring it back so you can then counter or sprint or whatever you think will put you closer to a win. Sure, you risk no one chasing, which means you definitely won't win, but that's a risk you'll have to take.
Originally Posted by
wjclint
by four to go it is clear we are not going to catch. I wasn't really in the mood for a pack sprint for 4th so I decided at two to go I was just going to take a hard pull and let the pack go and so that is what I did.
Why take a hard pull? If you don't want to sprint, why not attack? Just go for it. If no one was chasing, maybe you'll get away too. Maybe a couple others will join you, and then you can work together to try to reach the first break. Or maybe you get swallowed and end up in the same place you were before.