The Week That Was suggests that "the problem for Teg was that the whole field didn't go out at a suicidal pace in Brussels like they did in Zürich."
It seems to me that for about a decade or so it has been widely accepted that a serious problem for guys with PRs in the low 13s at GL meets was that the early and mid-race pace set by the rabbits for the 12:40-12:50 guys was TOO fast.
No longer true?
I think they meant that had the field gone out faster, Teg could have sat at the back and picked off stragglers like Ritz did. He might have finished a bit higher had it played out like Ritz's did. Or at least that's the way I read it.
edumacator wrote:
I think they meant that had the field gone out faster, Teg could have sat at the back and picked off stragglers like Ritz did. He might have finished a bit higher had it played out like Ritz's did. Or at least that's the way I read it.
I agree, because when the pace slowed down with about 1k to go, they all saved up for the kick and teg only picked off one person; if they all would have been bustin butt the whole way Teg (like Ritz) would have been passing people and that definitely helps mentally.
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