Ok, so far this year the finish for all of my races has been less than exciting, at least for me. 1st race was just a club race and a 4 man break, myself included strolled across the line together. 2nd race, end of race attack from the guy on the front led to him winning and me getting 6th. 3rd race, the finish was on a climb and a wrong gearing selection led to me grinding my way to a 4th place finish. The moment that I am waiting for is the race where everything works out and I find myself 6 or so back with 1k left. Although the more I think about this scenario the more I wonder, just what would I do?
So with 1k left you find yourself 6 back in a group of 15-20 contenders, you have limited knowledge of their abilities. You are a decent sprinter, but this also makes you good at a fast hard attack where you may be able to get away with 1k left and hold it out until the end. So what do you do? You still have a match or two left, just enough for a hard sprint or a hard attack. Do you hope everything holds together until the end where hopefully you will find yourself in the right position to give everyone a good go in a sprint? Do you try to find the right moment and go out with a hard attack and try to hold out until the finish? Or do you wait until someone else trys a last minute attack and try to grab their wheel using them to get you off of the front?
I would be interested to here what some of the more experienced racers would do in this situation and what variables they would consider when making their decision.
So with 1k left you find yourself 6 back in a group of 15-20 contenders, you have limited knowledge of their abilities. You are a decent sprinter, but this also makes you good at a fast hard attack where you may be able to get away with 1k left and hold it out until the end. So what do you do? You still have a match or two left, just enough for a hard sprint or a hard attack. Do you hope everything holds together until the end where hopefully you will find yourself in the right position to give everyone a good go in a sprint? Do you try to find the right moment and go out with a hard attack and try to hold out until the finish? Or do you wait until someone else trys a last minute attack and try to grab their wheel using them to get you off of the front?
I would be interested to here what some of the more experienced racers would do in this situation and what variables they would consider when making their decision.