Various racing strategies exist that may help you win your bike race, but for all their variety a common denominator is that they are logical, built to take full advantage of the factors present in a given circumstance.
Thus, weak climbers are generally advised to “go early” before a major climb – that is, don’t hold back from targeting the steep and/or prolonged incline.

Of course, every attack can restrict the power of effort at the end of the race, so pacing is still an important consideration.
And it is at such points as these that the different racing strategies will then differ.
But they are no substitute for being capable to read a race, the capability to judge “local” conditions against the array of potential strategies that may present themselves.
This capability to synthesize theory with reality comes from practice, or in other words experience.

Additionally it is true that racing strategies will be of no use against competitors who are plainly superior physical specimens.
What those ideas may do, however, is give you an edge over your peers, those riding at your amount of performance.
Nevertheless, in all instances it is required to be open to things while they develop; for example, very sound strategy that works in one course may not work on that same course on another day due to factors such as even just a slight bit of crosswind.

Actually, what makes any kind of race so exciting to watch – whether we’re discussing cars, horses, or people running – is the pure multitude of variables involved at any given moment, some having only a short-term effect and even never to affect matters for the rest of the race while others gaining in strength to wind up the veritable sole determinant of the end result!

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