In a draft legal OWS race, is it good or bad etiquette to draft off another person for all/majority/much of a race and then swing around and try to take the win?
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In stage racing if a rider breaks away and another rider jumps on it seems to me that there is the cutomary discussion of working together so the break away succeeds, if one rider is measurablely stronger, the weaker rider risks helping the stonger who then breaks away for the win leaving the weaker rider to be swallowed up by the peloton. This of course would be foolish. If the stronger rider wants to Ho for the win he needs to ride the weaker of his wheel even if he has been sitting on the whole time (or so it would seem)
nah, different discussion. not to hijack the board for cycling, but I am talking about bad etiquette to break away when the leader crashes or is taking a piss. A bona fide breakaway is a different story
Levi knows about it more than us, about 9 paragraphs down
cycling.lohudblogs.com/.../
also
www.csc.com/.../12171-get_up_to_speed_on_the_tour_de_france
"There are no set rules on the conduct of the opposing riders, though race etiquette frowns on attacking a rider who has suffered a mechanical problem. When Lance Armstrong crashed on Luz Ardiden in the French Pyrenees in the 2003 Tour, rivals slowed down to allow the Texan to rejoin the group before resuming the day’s battle."
"Etiquette calls for riders not to attack when another rider is answering nature’s call."
In stage racing if a rider breaks away and another rider jumps on it seems to me that there is the cutomary discussion of working together so the break away succeeds, if one rider is measurablely stronger, the weaker rider risks helping the stonger who then breaks away for the win leaving the weaker rider to be swallowed up by the peloton. This of course would be foolish. If the stronger rider wants to Ho for the win he needs to ride the weaker of his wheel even if he has been sitting on the whole time (or so it would seem)
nah, different discussion. not to hijack the board for cycling, but I am talking about bad etiquette to break away when the leader crashes or is taking a piss. A bona fide breakaway is a different story
Levi knows about it more than us, about 9 paragraphs down
cycling.lohudblogs.com/.../
also
www.csc.com/.../12171-get_up_to_speed_on_the_tour_de_france
"There are no set rules on the conduct of the opposing riders, though race etiquette frowns on attacking a rider who has suffered a mechanical problem. When Lance Armstrong crashed on Luz Ardiden in the French Pyrenees in the 2003 Tour, rivals slowed down to allow the Texan to rejoin the group before resuming the day’s battle."
"Etiquette calls for riders not to attack when another rider is answering nature’s call."