Also scroll down in the forums. There's a separate area with racing sub forums and barring some static you'll get pretty good advice/experiences from riders who just started racing to multi-time national champions.
"The 33"-Road Bike Racing
And in there one of the sticky threads:
http://www.bikeforums.net/33-road-bi...s-tip-two.html
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"...during the Lance years, being fit became the No. 1 thing. Totally the only thing. It’s a big part of what we do, but fitness is not the only thing. There’s skills, there’s tactics … there’s all kinds of stuff..." Tim Johnson