Originally Posted by merlinextraligh

When you're riding close to your limit, and suddenly find yourself with a gap, there's usually not much you can do about it.

Couple of things to work on.

1) One minute power. Closing gaps is about short intense efforts. Doing one minute intervals will help with this.

2) work on reading the situation. In a mixed group, (and in lower category races) when it gets hard, people are going to get shelled, you need to look around and identify the likely canidates to go OTB, and not be behind them. Conversely, what you want to do is find a strong smooth wheel to follow. If you're behind that guy, and a gap develops, they can tow you up.