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06-13-22, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by tempocyclist

Without any other information (course length, profile, race type, etc) I would put my money on 8 pro riders to beat one pro on a TT bike.

The pro team guys could do MONSTER power turns on the front, then recover while seven others do the same, true team-TT style. The TT rider would have the aero advantage, but would need to hold a steady (lower) power.

I'm with tempocyclist. The lone TT rider will have a significant aero advantage over a lone rider on a road bike. But with eight pros who know how to rotate through a line and stay on each other's wheel, that advantage would be easily negated. The team would simply wear the lone wolf down in the first few miles, by letting one guy at a time push hard while the others recover and enjoy the aero advantage of drafting. TT guy is more aero than whoever is on the front of the line, but he's gotta be max effort all the time.

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