After crits, it's not unusual to hear riders (who usually didn't place well) b*tching about unnecessary braking before corners. It's a well known phenomenon that any braking done for a turn necessary or not, tends to get amplified backward in the pack resulting in the back of the pack having to sprint out of the corners just to hold their wheel.

So the original brake-tapper is roundly criticized by all for not knowing how to corner.

But what's the problem? Isn't the object of bike racing to make others work as hard as possible. I mean, these riders are all experienced enough that they can deal with a slow down without crashing, so really they're just pissed that someone did something that made them work harder. But isn't that the point?

Am I missing something?