Of course everyone gives a damn. Maybe on the surface they pretend they don't but deep down they know if there are other people on the road and the clock is going they want to win(by any means necessary).
But it's like a time trial, you can't change what happens to other people time, so all you can do is all you can do and that's the fastest you can go. Whatever Joe Bloggs is doing or not doing won't make you go faster.
Of course everyone gives a damn. Maybe on the surface they pretend they don't but deep down they know if there are other people on the road and the clock is going they want to win(by any means necessary).
Yours
The Dick Dastardly of Audax