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I won my first race on wednesday. It was only a training race so I'm not celebrating to heartily but was excited none-the-less. Afterwards, I felt as though some of the guys were subtly *****ing in my direction. Complaining I did not pull enough.
Some race background. I took a 2 lap flyer early on. When the group caught me I pulled for a lap. Then pulled back to midpack. A local team had most of the front 2/3 of the pack tied up. I tried multiple times to work my way around them. But this team refused to do any work and would not let me through. Which left 4 guys up front most of the race.
Until the bell lap, suddenly the speed dropped from 23-24 to about 18. Obviously, this is not the time for me to take a pull, because I knew I had a shot at podium in a field sprint. So I waited and when someone attacked I was one of three who followed. Going into the last turn I sprinted from 4th position for the win.
I was proud of my race, I felt strong the whole time and thought I rode very smart. I did not try to explain or apologize to the guys that were complaining because I didn't feel like I did anything wrong.
Were my tactics Dbaggy? Or were they just less than classy non-winners?
Some race background. I took a 2 lap flyer early on. When the group caught me I pulled for a lap. Then pulled back to midpack. A local team had most of the front 2/3 of the pack tied up. I tried multiple times to work my way around them. But this team refused to do any work and would not let me through. Which left 4 guys up front most of the race.
Until the bell lap, suddenly the speed dropped from 23-24 to about 18. Obviously, this is not the time for me to take a pull, because I knew I had a shot at podium in a field sprint. So I waited and when someone attacked I was one of three who followed. Going into the last turn I sprinted from 4th position for the win.
I was proud of my race, I felt strong the whole time and thought I rode very smart. I did not try to explain or apologize to the guys that were complaining because I didn't feel like I did anything wrong.
Were my tactics Dbaggy? Or were they just less than classy non-winners?