Sneak Attack?

[elf1978]

When there is an attack in the feed zone, when do the riders who attacked pick up their food? Is it brought up by domestiques or the team car? Furthermore, if one of the riders who attacked wins the stage, how will be treated by the rest of the peloton the following day?

David

 

[Christophe]

Attacking in feed zones tends to be frowned upon. Don't see it done too often in pro races.

 

[moreades]

Attacking in feed zones tends to be frowned upon. Don't see it done too often in pro races.

Kind of like attacking when someone's chain has fallen off??

 

[dolophonic]

Or they have a broken spoke / flat ?

 

[ustabe]

Kind of like attacking when someone's chain has fallen off??

Worse. A peloton marches on its stomach.

There's a story of how Steve Bauer pulled a very amateurish attack at a feed in a spring classic, in his first year as a pro. Jan Raas was the boss back then, and the peloton waited for his reaction. He said something to the effect of, "We'll take care of him later," and sat up and ate, so the peloton did likewise. Only after eating, Raas organized a relentless chase, and Bauer was duly chastised.

 

[Fus087]

Another example would be last year's Tour of Oman.
Sky blasted through the feed zone, and later the other teams rode hard when GC leader Boasson Hagen was answering a call of nature.

 

[hrotha]

Worse. A peloton marches on its stomach.

There's a story of how Steve Bauer pulled a very amateurish attack at a feed in a spring classic, in his first year as a pro. Jan Raas was the boss back then, and the peloton waited for his reaction. He said something to the effect of, "We'll take care of him later," and sat up and ate, so the peloton did likewise. Only after eating, Raas organized a relentless chase, and Bauer was duly chastised.

I suppose that also had a lot to do with Bauer being a nobody at the time. The likes of Fignon and Hinault could do whatever the hell they wanted in the feed zones, which often became war zones.

 

[StyrbjornSterki]

Charly Gaul still is known as "Monsieur Pipi" for disregarding the nature break protocol during the 1957 Giro.

Race organisers enforce their rules, just like the racers enforce their own.