DonV wrote:
These days, there are less opportunities to road race in IRL. The growth of indoor platforms like Zwift has produced a cohort of riders who are very strong, but who might not have the necessary skills to manage a pack on the road.This... esp after all the lockdowns and you get a whole lot of New riders who are just itching to go to the next race and hammering it w/o knowing how to control their bikes (bike swaying and all over the place w/ each pedal stroke) and in a high speed pack.
what a recipe for disaster.
It's good that some races has climbs at the very beginning to thin the pack. But otherwise, yeah... balls has either shrunk or just gotten old.. lolz