Some useful notes from Australian Sprint Cycling Coach

Actualy pure strength in its correct term never plays a part at a track league or on the road and at most only very rarely on a standing start.....

as for fit, what to you does fit mean?

Weird, I can't reply to the thread I started but can on this.

Oh well. It seems that people whinge (sneer?) when talking about races they can and do have - with each other, on the roads - and love to talk about racing in the abstract, such as the above.

The majority of people I've raced on the track do well because they are fit, not necessarily because they are strong. Only after a certain point (at the very top end of the 'B Cats' at HH, for example) does pure strength start to really play a part.