Originally Posted by
bbbean
New to the concept of team sports?
Out of curiosity, do you race? FWIW, there are two kinds of races that are especially satisfying. The most obvious is one that ends with you standing on the podium. What you're apparently missing is that it is also very satisfying to make a strategy come together and put one of your teammates on the podium. That counts as winning, too. It requires a lot more than just being fast on the bike.
(Not just to you, bbbean , but to all the well meaning explainers on this thread)
Give up. There's something about this that Rajflyboy can't or doesn't want to understand and no amount of explanation is going to change that. He has a fantasy of how road racing should be that is not anchored in reality. It's harmless to let him fantasize and pointless to try to burst his make-believe bubble.