This past weekend I did an omnium (crit + RR) and the weekend before was a RR. Talk about eye-opening. Each of the three races littered with negativity. Everything/everyone/anything/anyone getting chased instantly and furiously...chased back both by teams and solo riders (oddly enough). Nobody saw more than 25 feet between them & the peloton. Truth be told these were on courses w/o any real climbs or crosswinds (stuff that splits up races), so maybe self-explanatory.

Am I the only one who finds this type of racing to be a) boring snooze fest that is b) not even worth showing up for? What's the point of doing a 2-4 hour race or 1 hour crit when it looks like most/all of the other 30-40 women you are riding with want to make sure everyone stays together and then have the race decided in the last 20 seconds of "squirliness" and mayhem? Bunch finish is OK with me if it happens that way. Sheesh but not when you know it is gonna be a bunch finish 5 minutes into your four hour race.

Used to think the idea of big hill climb finishes made races predictable and less tactical where the fittest people would always win. Now I am thinking that sounds great instead of all the negativity..