I'm no sprinter. I'll never motivate a bicycle fast enough to outsprint a decent sprinter on any level.
But I'm going to start sprint training now for a several reasons:

• My base fitness is such that I'm now hanging on fast rides and races until the end. Before now, sprinting was sort of a moot point, I wasn't there at the end.

• The last couple of fast group rides I did I felt like one of the stronger guys on the ride, but wasn't happy with the finish. In both instances I felt that having more snap/and or ability to withstand lactic acid in my legs would have made a big difference.

Will sprint workouts help me with those last items? I would guess it would.

Also: suggested sprint workout for a guy with big base miles/good fitness/no sprinting mojo?

I don't want to win the Green Jersey boys. But I do want enough snap to grab the key wheel at the end. Today for example I think having more capacity to endure lactic acid might have helped me stay on the group up the final climb, I got dropped on a slightly steeper section .3 miles from the hilltop finish. What killed me is after I got dumped I tempo'd up the hill pretty good. Oh well.

Planning on one sprint workout each week. Thanks in advance you intractable Road Nazi scum you.