Sprint Timing And Positioning
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Sprint Timing And Positioning
I was at a local criterium watching the cat 3 race. The winner was a junior rider who was out on a solo break for 40 minutes and was brought back with about 4 laps to go. He won it with junior gears from a field sprint. There were several teams in the field. The finish was around 150-200 meters from the final corner, slightly uphill. The field came out of the final and it was pretty much a drag race after that. From my perspective if somebody got a lead out or just sat on a wheel for a moment before launching, there would have been a different winner. Timing is so hard to learn.
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I am not a mass start racer per se although I have done both road and track. With respect to learning how to sprint, when I attend velodrome sessions with my coach, he does a certain amount of lead out drills where we divide up into small groups and lead out each other and practice coming around. This builds both technique and short term power.
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One of the Williams brothers has talked about how he practices his sprint on group rides. Yes, it's a art. And yes, it should be practiced.
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Generally the junior has the advantage on an incline if speeds are below 35, maybe 40 mph. They are lighter and have more punch and very high W/kg. A 40+ mph sprint is very hard on junior gears. Which is why the winners are generally in bigger than a 52X14.
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