Crit Racing for beginners or cyclists with FTP below 200watts

[Captain_Doughnutman]

How to win a crit with your head instead of your legs:

2018 confessions: How TR helped me win a race

I found myself chasing back on in a local crit (as often happens). As I caught the back wheel of the lead group of six & let my momentum roll me past two teammates at the back I overhead them discussing whether or not anybody was up the road. Well, crap, if they decided somebody was up the road and these guys started to chase I was for sure gonna get dropped again having just chased back on. So in an act of desperation I did something I heard on the TrainerRoad podcast & said real loud, ‘Dude…