Originally Posted by
rivers
I can easily stay with the main group until the sprint, and then I'm off the back. I can't sprint, and even attempting will just finish me off. My strength lies in working at threshold and into VO2 max territory. I can ride at VO2 max for up to 8 minutes (8 minutes is the longest i've ridden at VO2 max anyway), drop down to tempo/lower end of sweet spot to recover and do it again.
If you're sitting in easily before the sprint, but then dropped at or after the sprint, I would recommend using your VO2max strength and attacking before the sprint. If you can attack 3-5 minutes before the sprint and get a gap, you should have time to recover and then sit in the pack when they catch you. There are plenty of articles around describing how best to launch an attack.