I break away... and hopefully I have 1-2 friends who break with me, and we get away. In the final straight, I am still in a bunch sprint, but the bunch has 2-3 people instead of 20-30 in it. You NEED some sprint power if you aren't riding pursuit or doing long course triathlons. Not much, but some. Also, on the damn hot dog crit circuit locally you need to hit 700-800 for 10 seconds every lap if you want to race above D grade. There are a lot of riders who use the slow corners to break the pursuit/breakaway riders who are waiting to attack. They can't attack if they are spending half the short lap recovering from the Z6/Z7 effort.zill wrote:Won't you a break away type or just changing now?Xplora wrote:Why? Because sprinting requires strength beyond just your legs. Because my muscle imbalances mean I get pain in my shoulders if I don't have a strong back. Because upper body mass is cool, and I'm not chasing the Chris Froome "ideal climber physique". At 6'1", 75kg is still a runt in the pack. Creatine helps with the endurance of your Z6 efforts. Z6 wins races.
Your numbers are still very good. Is your body fat in the single digits?
It's just part of being a well rounded rider. I know an NRS development rider who basically has no sprint at all, and he doesn't race much. I am not interested in racing once a month. 1-2 times a week means local races, means flattish crits, lots of them. That means sprinting. Hurt them with your strengths, train to improve your weaknesses. Body fat is NOT something holding me back, at 75kgs you wouldn't be fat either. Ride long, ride often. How has your training been lately?