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I think it does happen but unlike in athletics where you have your own lane you can't really stop dead in your tracks in a bunch sprint) so it's a bit less pronounced perhaps.
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Because it rarely, if ever happens. Hamstring injuries are incredibly rare in cycling, because the limited range of movement doesn't stretch it in the way that running, and especially sprinting, do.
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Having done both (athletics one to a much higher level) I'd say it's down to the increased impact forces and range of movement involved with track sprinting.
Also remember that track athletes are much stronger/more powerful, exerting higher forces into those impacts. That and the larger "travel" for movements probably all combines for many more injuries...
...But then a cyclist crashes and breaks their collar bone for the 29th time and the time out is all level
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Weird general question: why do you rarely see sprinters "pull up" like running sprinters because they've pulled something?
I'd think that would happen more often when going at full tilt, perhaps.
I welcome your thoughts.