Originally Posted by
furiousferret
The whole point of a tiered (category or letter races) system is you settle into a category where its a challenge. There are probably more than a few B racers who struggle at that level (like you are in the A's) and having top racers downgrade for easy wins is a good way for those guys to stop registering. Winning isn't supposed to be an every other week event.
You have the whole off season to figure this stuff out.
If you're consistently getting dropped a couple laps into a training crit though, I'm not sure that's a good use of one's time either.
Perhaps there really is a huge gap between A and B, but it seems weird to get dropped at the start of the A but be favored to win the B.
Maybe do one B first thing next season, practice your cornering over the winter and stay in the bunch and work on cornering and tactics and not just powering for the win, then try the A again, early in the season, when the speeds are likely slower.