Sprint train "in tempo" bug
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 6:09 am
Happened twice in races I was present.
A sprint train isn't built at all like was planned, both managers experienced and useless (FL and Gaurain) and assured everyone that they had the right settings (Asking how they were seemed to confirm that they were the right ones)
Case 1 during the Giro: FL, 3 rider train. Rider1, Rider2, Benni. Benni in tempo the last km. The train. Rider1, Rider2, Somebody else follows Rider 2 and Benni is somewhere else, not in the same line as he normally would be if somebody just was stronger and stole the wheel. He was the "head" of another line.
Case 2 GP Aargau yesterday: Seeldrayers-Timonier-Maréchal train planned. Seeldrayers is where he is supposed to be, going full power. Nobody on his wheel. Timonier, the guy in tempo is somewhere WAAAAY back, one of the last ones in the huge line there was behind Maréchal. Maréchal nr 3 in the planned train was the "head" of a line (where almost everybody else was placed)
So in both cases the rider that was in tempo the last km "disrupted the line". No guarantee that the red tempo was really responsible, but looks like a good chance it was. Once position 2, once position 3.
You could say "realism" and good like that... the guy that is in tempo won't then go back to being nr 2 or 3 in a train... but if that's the case it makes even less sense to have him end up as one of the last ones at 450 meters when the sprint starts... And from a game play view it's not good anyway, the train should be built regardless of who is in tempo and who not.
A sprint train isn't built at all like was planned, both managers experienced and useless (FL and Gaurain) and assured everyone that they had the right settings (Asking how they were seemed to confirm that they were the right ones)
Case 1 during the Giro: FL, 3 rider train. Rider1, Rider2, Benni. Benni in tempo the last km. The train. Rider1, Rider2, Somebody else follows Rider 2 and Benni is somewhere else, not in the same line as he normally would be if somebody just was stronger and stole the wheel. He was the "head" of another line.
Case 2 GP Aargau yesterday: Seeldrayers-Timonier-Maréchal train planned. Seeldrayers is where he is supposed to be, going full power. Nobody on his wheel. Timonier, the guy in tempo is somewhere WAAAAY back, one of the last ones in the huge line there was behind Maréchal. Maréchal nr 3 in the planned train was the "head" of a line (where almost everybody else was placed)
So in both cases the rider that was in tempo the last km "disrupted the line". No guarantee that the red tempo was really responsible, but looks like a good chance it was. Once position 2, once position 3.
You could say "realism" and good like that... the guy that is in tempo won't then go back to being nr 2 or 3 in a train... but if that's the case it makes even less sense to have him end up as one of the last ones at 450 meters when the sprint starts... And from a game play view it's not good anyway, the train should be built regardless of who is in tempo and who not.
