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To reduce the incidence of clustering and crowding for position at the
finish of a race, maybe more aggressive
riding (i.e., this just means going harder, not being combative) earlier
in the race would be the solution.
If more riders were willing to take a hard pull or attempt to break-away
from the field, there would be much
less of a "field" to contend with.
Why save it all for the sprint? You pay to race, but many riders only
put the effort in for the final 2k ...
So, for the cost of the entry, they are getting a lot less racing for
their money!!!
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From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of r r
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 12:10 AM
To: OBRA MAIL LIST
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Sprint
After being in the sprints and listening about what happened, say at
POC, it makes me think, why wait till 200m to open the road. This may be
a pointless email, because its probably due to permits for road use and
what the county is willing to give.
But if thats not the case, opening the road up at 500 or 700m would seem
to help aliviate a lot of the problem that occur at the sprint. The
problem with waiting till 200m is: everyone is bunched up and antsy,
fighting for position, but unable to move because a single lane of a
road is too narrow for any sort of organization to occur in what
essentially becomes a cluster f#3k. Pardon my French, i could not figure
out another word to express that.
Having a little more road to work with would probably help to cut down
the recent issues of crossing the yellow line too early and the elbowing
and the cursin at each other. We all know what its like waiting for that
200m line. Its choatic. If there were a little more space, things would
work more smoothly. Granted things will still happen, but having more
road to work with, such as the pros get, would just help things to go
more smoothly.
That is, if this is not a restriction of permits from the county in
which the race is in.
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