Cycling Racing Tips on How and When to Attack the Peloton to Win Your Race on a Breakaway

You probably already know that a lot of competitive- the last 20 to 10 miles before the finish.
cyclists do not like getting involved in the dangerousWhen launching their attacks, these competitive
final field sprint of their cycling races. Instead, theycyclists always try to take their racing competition by
prefer to attack and break away from the Peloton tosurprise by coming from behind and away from the
win their races.group, starting their acceleration standing on their
These cyclists know when and how to launch theirpedals with all their power and sprinting full throttle to
attack during their races to make their breakawayopen a big gap. When opening this gap, sometimes
successful. To launch their attack, they wait for theother riders can successfully join the attack and
toughest moments of the race, such as:develop a breakaway.
- the windiest section of the race course;Once on the breakaway, the riders organize
- in the middle or at the top of a hill;themselves into a rotation where each rider takes a
- after many others have tired themselves and thefast and short pull of 10-15 seconds in order to keep
group out by trying and failing to break away;the speed of the breakaway up. This allows them to
- after the group has been riding hard for a long timestay away from the Peloton all the way to the finish
and suddenly slows down for a little break; andline where they sprint for the win.