What's the function of lead out?

carpediemracing

heh thanks and sorry. I've been sick, moved, got married, and went on a honeymoon in the last couple months. This meant I essentially stopped riding and haven't done a race in forever. I'll try and change that for next year.

However, I've discovered I uploaded non-optimized versions of my helmet cam tapes to youtube so am in the process of uploading improved clips - should be much clearer, text better, action more visible.

Also, I'll try and get a couple old clips, previously unposted, up there. Not as exciting as some of the others but still interesting.

On the team sport bit - it depends on what you consider a team sport. Even in many team sports, there's the "star" - basketball, baseball, football (all have "most valuable player" awards). There's a lot of equity put into an effort by both the leadout racer/s and the sprinter. I count my various leadout men (in Cat 3s, nothing more serious than that) over the last 20+ years as some of my best friends in the world - and virtually all of them were at my wedding just recently.

cdr
sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.com (look for helmet cam label for the clips, look for sprinting for leadout and related stuff).

youhaditcoming

Well... a decade ago i was so very proud of helping our team leader, until i recently bumped into him and he tells me; ...you are confusing me with somebody else (which ended our "conversation") I insist that you can name any team which won the NBA any year... but can you tell who were Sean Kelly or Freddy Maertens or Abdoujaparov leadout guys ?? Even If you do... their names are certainly not on cycling history books.

Congratulations on your wedding !