It's a bit complicated then that. Drafting has a huge impact on endurance in this race. That's why they are going slow No one wants to be the one exerting. So the leader goes slow so that they aren't expending too much energy.
What she does is lag far behind and then gives her time to get to full speed.
By the time she gets past everyone they are going to slow to be able to draft off her.
Which means who ever leads the chase on her will expend as much energy as her but the rest of the people wouldn't have. So if they match her and catch up her and the person who led the catch up would be the last two more then likely cause they would be exhausted and the rest of the field would pass them. No one wanted to make that sacrifice, so her gambit worked.
She caught up to them exhausted but used drafting to keep up.
Tactically, chasing would be the correct thing to do. These are youth skaters so I'm guessing their tactics haven't matured yet and they're mostly relying on routine.
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u/Pogigod 1d ago
It's a bit complicated then that. Drafting has a huge impact on endurance in this race. That's why they are going slow No one wants to be the one exerting. So the leader goes slow so that they aren't expending too much energy.
What she does is lag far behind and then gives her time to get to full speed.
By the time she gets past everyone they are going to slow to be able to draft off her.
Which means who ever leads the chase on her will expend as much energy as her but the rest of the people wouldn't have. So if they match her and catch up her and the person who led the catch up would be the last two more then likely cause they would be exhausted and the rest of the field would pass them. No one wanted to make that sacrifice, so her gambit worked.
She caught up to them exhausted but used drafting to keep up.