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I do not understant this today :

3 guys in front with less than 50 power
flat skill : 87 - 83 -80

And in peloton :
12 - 15 guys
with flat skill 83 - 89

and on 0 % they only take 9 - 10 - 11 sec


That is the reality ?

The pure number of riders is not so important on short distances like the final few km.

And what was the power of all the 12-15 guys? If there was one rider amongst them with only little energy then he would have slowed the whole chase down during his 75m of pulling in front.

In my opinion the most unreal thing here is that it's not possible for 15 riders to make tempo at one single km. Maybe in a group with moderate tempo. But not in a race finale where it's getting very fast and noone takes such a short turn in front that so many riders could partizipate in the tempo work.

Only 10 seconds? In my opion this is really enough. And for the game loosing more time wouldn´t make the races more exciting.

by the way - "real rule of thumb" is 1 min/10 km - in the end maybe more.. but all in all i think its alright