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Which it all comes down to, essentially - strategising based on your strengths, and other riders' weaknesses. I mean, look at the Olympic men's sprint final - Hoy's got a fast top speed but it takes him time to wind up, so he played to that. Kenny had quicker acceleration, so tried to hold Hoy back to the last minute, but couldn't, although he was pretty close behind him at the line as a result of his tactics.
rant/
Which, I'd add, is why some of the BS on this subset of the forum about only talking about rollers and track racing is a more than a bit pretentious. We're all trying to get better, so why have some kind of one-upsmanship about how we get better?
/rant