What's really sad is if you attack in the states the peloton chases you down (especially in Cat IV races), and then no one counters! In Italian-style racing the second something is chased down someone else, or two or three people go, without hesitation.

I looked at my SRM files after the races and they have soooo many spikes (aka 20-45 second matches) that it's almost funny. It's like doing a miss-and-out race every minute, for an hour-and-a-half! If you can't cover an attack and recover, you eventually get shelled, or you end up in a smaller chase group. After racing 3 times myself and watching 5-6 other races the biggest field sprint I saw was 10 people, and this with fields that average 40-70+ riders.

Just a great way to race!

gene r