>>985659>Road cycling is pretty much all fitness.Im coming from MTB backgorund and used to think the same, fitness basis is more important than in MTB but try controling a road bike on50-60 km/h in the group its quite challengeing + add wind direction and constant repositioning in a race
sprint, some rad skill here + a lot of tactics regarding positioning you dont have in MTB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13BENuYp19wregular riding. a tage that was one by Sagan purely on timing regardign perfect positioning on the side wind that split the group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzqkxCSCS8these kind of moments are quite rare in tdf but in Paris robuaix its like playing chess on a bicycle, to with the yellow jersey you dont need them, that is what sucks in tdf
