There is no million races with 6 riders. So the rate is more like every second 6-rider-race end in an uncontrolled manner. Or let it be every third or forth or whatsoever. I guess that was only because all the teams let their sprinter at home (oh unreal! arcade!). Or they don't even have one.Zentaron wrote:And what?
First: Two out of one million races. Great proof.
By the way on such a flat course they would even manage to get a mass sprint at RSF. One or two teams sacrifices one rider every 20km or so. Depends on the escape group, of course. As always everything depends on how the users deal with the situation.
13 teams or so. Not that unlikely size of a peloton in RSF. (Make it 25 teams a 6 riders and then you get an even better chance to control it, if you cant'l live without that once in a month or two).Second: In a peloton with only 81 riders, it also happens at RSF yet with 9 riders per team. (And watch, tomorrow there will be only 63 riders at the start.)
The fact is it happens in smaller races like Vuelta a Bolivia. We also ride smaller races. But here we are forcing an arcvade race (yes, this is arcade), where managers spoiled with 9 riders in order to never ever come to a situation where they have to react fast or one ore two might end up with place 40 as best result. But who cares. Tomorow is another day. Then another stage is on schedule where riders can ride for the win.
And it were a one day races the mess is even smaller. Because there would be no gc. So no reason to keep the peloton controlled after all, when 30 riders are through and teams are attacking in the back field for place 31-40. Don't know what's so bad with that anyway (= also a question to Riders). In a mass sprint those minor places go more or less to random riders anyway. So it makes no big difference if it happens in a aprint or caused by single attackers.
And who knows. Maybe they even got some sprinters in that group in Bolivia. And they could have been gone even if they were one-legged. The difference to RSF is that teams don't want to ride with sprinters or climbers in a group. But that's a matter of the users, not the RSF physics.
EDIT: stage 3. They managed to get a mass sprint. Even with 63 riders. If they make it, even the king of sprints would make it. Der Zsolt has won the stage. What sprinter is that? Sprint skill 80? 75? Is he even a sprint specialist, or would he be maybe more a flat rider with some sprinting skill at RSF?
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta ... -3/results