Road Bicycle Racing Tactics

A good book on competing is racing tactics for cyclists by thomas prehn.

Road bicycle racing tactics. For the subtler issues head back to your mentor or club for some help. Get plenty of sleep. Starting the race stronger improves your ability to execute all the other tactics. If you re really new to road racing don t worry about strategic places to attack i e accelerate and break away from the pack or where you.

Find rides events training articles and participate in our forums. Read about bike racing. A strong rider can benefit from corners hills wind and pack flow. Team sky have employed a tactic or pacing strategy involving negative splits which means riding the first part of the event slightly below the power you know you can sustain for the entire.

Eat and drink enough before and during races. Expert road bike reviews and the latest road bike news features and advice. Bicycle racing like most sports is like warfare without the killing. Good commentators help you learn about bike racing skills and tactics.

You don t just need to be physically strong you need to understand the dynamics of the peloton how to ride to your strengths and how to measure your effort. Every person on a bike was a beginner cyclist once. We list our top tips for beginners linking out to longer articles which will answer your questions. Catch the tour de france or any other bike race on television or on the internet.

After a nearly five month hiatus because of covid 19 the 2020 road season is finally about to get started and it s going to be quite a spectacle with about a season s worth of races crammed. With the north star bicycle festival grand prix coming back to minnesota this coming week and the tour de france beginning july 1st we wanted to review some of the technical facets and show you a video below on race strategies from this fun sport. His principles and philosophies can be applied beyond warfare to many areas of life but here i will apply it to bike racing specifically. Understanding bicycle racing opens up many questions for potential spectators and amateurs.