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Originally Posted by agarose2000

Just curious. I've never raced a crit before, and I likely won't anytime soon, but I do ride fast rides with a racing group on the weekends, and it's got my curiosity piqued.

How strong do you think you'd have to be to solo a TYPICAL Cat5 to the win (the whole way) sans sprint finish? Do you think a TYPICAL Cat3 could pull this off in a typical Cat5 race? How bout for Cat4s - Cat2 or Cat1?

(I know it's sort of a theoretical-only question, since bike racers go tactics most of the way, but just curious.)

Simple...you just have to be able to solo TT (on your road bike) at a faster speed than the average speed of the last 10-15 laps of the typical races in your area.

If you aren't strong enough to do that...then you aren't strong enough...

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