It's designed to demoralise and confuse the slower riders who will obviously get caught fairly quickly unless the head start and race distance are both of an effective length . I have seen another way; a small group of faster riders to recreate a breakaway and force the main bunch to work together to reel em in.
As jc says though, it's just a scratch race
It's designed to demoralise and confuse the slower riders who will obviously get caught fairly quickly unless the head start and race distance are both of an effective length . I have seen another way; a small group of faster riders to recreate a breakaway and force the main bunch to work together to reel em in.
As jc says though, it's just a scratch race