>>982388I know what the reasons are for breaks and blah blah, but I still don't really understand it. The pelo lets them break because they know they'll catch them right? These days it's so fucking rare that a break works on a flat stage so I don't even know why they bother wasting all that energy to just get caught and perish like dogs.
For that matter, why do breaks at all? That way, teams don't have to worry about if the break they let go will win or not. The peloton gets super fragmented at the end of literally every stage, so it's not like it'd be a huge bunch every time.
Can someone explain why breaks go and aren't caught immediately besides for team exposure and a "chance at a win" (that one really only applies to flat stages as well)? little cat 4/3 kom points and intermed sprints are negligible anyway...
