>>1164340You'd only see anything like that in a big race like the TdF, where each team is competing to get their best rider into the overall lead - if the rider leading the team has a mechanical problem or a flat, his teammates ("domestiques") wait so they that can pull him back to the front of the race.
But that strategy doesn't work for Sohoku, they don't have such a leader, nor is the interhigh long enough for such tactics, nor is Kaburagi their strongest rider, and even if Kaburagi was their ace, if it was apparent that he didn't have the physical strength to complete the stage then it would have made more sense for them to simply pick a new leader.
So no, it doesn't make sense... or could it be that Yowapeda is actually a much deeper show than we knew, and team Sohoku's willingness to obey the irrational whims of the author, who is God in their world, is akin to Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac?
