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If you're in a group everyone else will be going balls out at the start because that's what people do. It's very satisfying letting them gloat about the first days 'victories' while you make some excuse about warming up to the climbs and then fucking crushing their feeble carcasses for the remainder of the trip. Particularly effective when the group is full of Aussie dudes with no pacing skills or foresight.
hippy
Yes, I think I'm gonna have to be dull and do a bit of a Froome-Dawg, and ride to a pre-determined power for at least the first half of the week so that i can save something back for the latter days.
Then at the end of the week, it will probably be a case of going out in full power, balls-out glory!! (read: minimal remaining power glory)