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Tactics are based on the aerodynamic benefit of drafting, whereby a rider can significantly reduce the required pedal effort by closely following in the slipstream of the rider in front. Riding in the main field, or peloton, can save as much as 40% of the energy employed in forward motion when compared to riding alone.
Some teams designate a leader, whom the rest of the team is charged
with keeping out of the wind and in good position until a critical
section of the race. This can be used as a strength or a weakness by
competitors; riders can cooperate and draft each other to ride at high
speed (a paceline or echelon), or one rider can sit
on a competitor's wheel, forcing him to do a greater share of the work
in maintaining the pace and to potentially tire earlier. Drafting may
not be employed in a time trial, unless it is a team time trial.
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