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Post by anquetil on Jun 11, 2009 12:40:23 GMT 1
In my sons first race in Peloton one of his riders came to the finish with 0% fitness. What happened? Is this what they call DOA? He can't withdraw him from the race. What should he do?
He is too young to join this forum, therefor I ask for him.
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Post by chakra on Jun 11, 2009 15:46:40 GMT 1
You can not withdraw a racer from a tour.
This racer will arrive and finish the race, he will not dissapear or 'die'.
It will just take 5 weeks to bring him to 100% fitness.
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Post by iwander71 on Jun 11, 2009 15:55:51 GMT 1
and maybe five weeks for him to finish the race...  Here is an answer to a similar question: For big tours the only way to win is never spend any fitness, except the last stage or stages. Only if you cyclist is really better you can win with lower fitness. And to win a small tour it's the opposite, you have to spend a lot of fitness. The first stage you have to ride on 70 to 80% and the last to stages you ride on 80-100%. If you only have flat cyclists it's the best to do a bigger effort in the stage with the most flat. I think everybody do this 
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Post by anquetil on Jun 11, 2009 18:12:02 GMT 1
Thanks guys, but how can a rider drop from 100 to 0% in one stage? His level of racing was 70 %. This must be a bug, a joke or a suicide?
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Post by iwander71 on Jun 12, 2009 7:37:51 GMT 1
wow!  ...I didn't understand that it was in a single race... I wonder if this shouldn't be moved to the Bugs section??
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Post by chakra on Jun 12, 2009 16:18:43 GMT 1
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