Originally Posted by
gsteinb
Have you been to a running race? A tri? Your caution seems to be that it’s rasy, or some artificial distinction with the word race. Come do Mount Washington. If you won your age group I promise you won.
I think what the distinction I'm likely making, even if I'm not thinking about it much, is that a bike race should either be solo/team against the clock, or should have tactics, ideally without mixed groups racing together. Obviously mixed groups happens at smaller races, but I don't like it for a world championship.