“The winner from the break is the rider who won’t bargain for anything less. Even with himself.” Matt Seaton goes up the road in search of victory Getting in a break is a triumph of hope over experience. Most of the time, it’s a doomed venture. You ride hard and burn all your matches, only to be swallowed up in the final miles by a bunch in which about three-quarters of the riders have hardly had to turn a pedal in the chase. There’s something about attacking off the front that always feels like a Hail Mary. And then, once you’ve settled into the group, but you’re hurting from the effort, a sense of something like buyer’s remorse soon sets in: what was I thinking? There’s almost never a sweet spot in a break: if it feels too easy, it almost certainly means it’s going too slowly. If it’s going fast enough to have a chance of sticking, then you’re going to be well outside your comfort zone. And for what? You might have a chance of getting on the podium. But you might just work like stink so that someone else does. Read: The Miracle of Marseille – […]
