Why bicycle team races at an echelon?
In the bike race, we can occasionally see: in the wide track, the wind blowing from the side tear the bike team, riders forming a diagonal matrix.
The echelon is the special formation matrix of the riders to fight against the crosswind. At the same time with the wind,even with clever use of tactics, riders can accomplish the task of the whole team to break away.
Echelon
Echelon
To form an oblique array to the following three factors: crosswind, long and straight track, different riders of teams in the echelon.
For example: in 2016 third Turkey stage, a classic slash winning with the echelon strategy. Very clever tactics: by controlling the diagonal length of the echelon, a matrix to prevent rivals to enter their team echelon, finally make the whole team breakthrough.
For example: in 2016 third Turkey stage, a classic slash winning with the echelon strategy. Very clever tactics: by controlling the diagonal length of the echelon, a matrix to prevent rivals to enter their team echelon, finally make the whole team breakthrough.
The Lead rider will suffer the ravages of crosswind, so the oblique wind array in the rider would like the same track by rotary taking turns leading to share the pressure on.
How to break through, avoiding a few kilometers before the final point sprint scuffle?
First step: Team Lottol-Soudal in front, attacking formation is ready.
Second step: The front of the team is speeding up to attack
Fourth step: A separate team echelon is formed.Because of the sudden attack, riders in the back are disturbed to lose their echelon.
All exposed in the crosswind, the riders in the back consume a lot of energy after gradually hard to keep up with the small group of the back.
The fifth step: a racer in the rear, rode to prevent other racers to keep up with the echelon in front of your team.
The sixth step: the team racers in the echelon shifted the position to save energy, almost all the members of this team broke away.
In this group of 8 persons, 6 belonged to the Lottol-Soudal team.The team sprinter Andr Greipel raced among them.His victory can be almost predictable.
In the end, Andr Greipel, with super sprint ability, won the race rather easily in the small sprint group.
