Fitness < 100%

[kaesekopf]

I'm racing Catalunya at the moment. I chose gear and told my guys to go flat-out. 1st stage: massive success! I won the first three places, all sprints and all mountains.

This cost my riders 35% fitness, so they are on 65%.

What happens, if I keep on pushing them like that?

After the second stage, they'll be on 30%.

And then? The game will try to take another 35% out of them, but will only be able to take 30%. How does that work out? Will my guys fall over, 5% from the finishline?

I imagine they would be able to go flat-out, and then only have 70% effort left for the rest of the day.

After the race, they'll have to recover for a couple of weeks, I realize that, but is what I described actually what happens? Or does the game say: you don't have 35% to give, so you race on 70% all day?

[stefkeswoon]

If you keep on racing at 100%, your cyclist will end up with 0% fitness. And because the fitness is multiplicated with the effort, it doesn't matter than how hard a cyclist races (it remains 0%). He will just go veeeeeeeeeery slow

[Il Padrino]

Eventually, your cyclists will get to 0% fitness, which means that they will be very tired and very slow. You will notice this in their positions in the tour

The tactic is to keep a good reserve of fitness and go flat-out at the right moment.

[kaesekopf]

So if I understand correctly, the fact that my guys are on 65% now, already plays a huge role in tomorrows stage, as they will be only able to give 65%. Aha. So now I have to count on at least one opponent on each of the remaining two days who saved energy and goes flat-out on those days and who will beat my guys, even if they go as fast as they can. Consolidating my position is the motto.

That makes sense, thanks guys

[kaesekopf]

By the way, if fitness drops to 0%, the rider will never regain fitness until after the tour, unless the tour happens to be extending into the next week (at least, that's how interpret the rules, correct me if I'm wrong?). Is it possible to withdraw a rider from the competition? (Cippolini-style - as soon as the first hills appear, he gets a mysterious stomach-bug, or he pulls a muscle in his thumb or something )

[Il Padrino]

You can't pull 'em out of a tour, only when they get injured

[kaesekopf]

admin said:

You can't pull 'em out of a tour, only when they get injured

But he is, honest guv

[boucthesurvivor]

IP : is there a more important risk of injury when the cyclist reach 0%??

[Il Padrino]

No, fitness doesn't influence the chance of injuries

[Quatannens]

Also not a little bit?
If a cyclist has a lower fitness, he will race a longer time, so the chance to fall is bigger. So the chance to get injured is a very little bit bigger or not?

[Il Padrino]

If he has a lower fitness, he will race longer and increase the chance to fall. But he will also cycle slower and so the chance to fall is decreased.

So it comes down to how it is now: no difference.

[captagon]

does this mean that the faster you go, the more chance you have to fall? ie, training increases the chance to fall, and so does racing at more effort?

[Ambi]

Fitness and race effort has nothing to do with falls

[Il Padrino]

What he said.
The chance for falls depends only on bravery and (bad) luck

[captagon]

admin said:

If he has a lower fitness, he will race longer and increase the chance to fall. But he will also cycle slower and so the chance to fall is decreased.
So it comes down to how it is now: no difference.

then what is meant by this? i can't follow...