Tour Team How does a team compete in the Tour de France?
Lance Armstrong told A. Contador that he couldn't have won the Tour de France without help from his team. I know next to nothing about the sport of cycling, so can someone tell me how a team supports its main cyclist? What role does the rest of the team play, when there is clearly only one winner?
The team supports its main rider in a number of ways:
The most straight forward are the jobs that the domestique does for his team leader so that he does not waste energy. This includes fetching drinks and food from the team car; riding alongside him in the bunch so that if there is a problem he can hand over a spare wheel, or even his entire bike to the team leader immediately rather than waiting for the team car; pacing him back to the bunch after any sort of incident.
Then there are the strategic/tactical jobs that the team does; keeping the pace of the bunch high so that riders who are a threat to the team leader cannot escape out of the front of the peleton; attacking the peleton and forcing the other teams to chase down a dangerous escape.
The team's job becomes even more important in the mountain stages, when the bunch thins down to far fewer riders. In a weak team the leader might be left with no team mates with him towards the end of a stage. This means he has to fetch his own drink and food and chase down dangerous breaks himself (wasting energy) and is vulnerable if any sort of problem occurs.
It is worth mentioning that the rider at the front uses a lot more energy than riders back in the bunch. At high speed on the flat, the rider at the front of a small group is using 20-25% more enegy. In a large group the advantage is between 30 and 40%. The advantages are less when the riders are moving more slowly on a climb, but are still significant.
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