http://trainharder.com/blogs/hugh/2008/08/04/kelowna-stage-race/ A little bit of that and this Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:43:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://trainharder.com/blogs/hugh/2008/08/04/kelowna-stage-race/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Demian Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:03:36 +0000 http://trainharder.com/blogs/hugh/2008/08/04/kelowna-stage-race/#comment-218 Well done, Hugh! As a long-time peleton junkie, you knew well what to do. Undoubtedly, on one level, Trevor was correct -- if you did not get to the front and pull, someone else from a large team that wasn't represented in the break would have been obligated to initiate the chase. But you clearly make the point that no one was chasing. In such a circumstance what else can you do? First you must see if you can bridge (which you did); then, if that fails, and you still have legs, you must chase. Otherwise, you are just giving the race away and are out for a nice, brisk, long training ride. I say you did the right thing. Perhaps Trevor should have helped you more, especially if he had the strength to get to the front. He should have saved his breath to take some strong pulls to help set up his travel companion. Well done, Hugh! As a long-time peleton junkie, you knew well what to do. Undoubtedly, on one level, Trevor was correct — if you did not get to the front and pull, someone else from a large team that wasn’t represented in the break would have been obligated to initiate the chase. But you clearly make the point that no one was chasing. In such a circumstance what else can you do? First you must see if you can bridge (which you did); then, if that fails, and you still have legs, you must chase. Otherwise, you are just giving the race away and are out for a nice, brisk, long training ride. I say you did the right thing. Perhaps Trevor should have helped you more, especially if he had the strength to get to the front. He should have saved his breath to take some strong pulls to help set up his travel companion.

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