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How to sprint 1Video: How to sprint
British Cycling has released a new video that shows you how to sprint as part of its Racesmart campaign to promote better racing.
The video, presented by former professional rider Dan Lloyd, explains that successful sprinting isn’t just about your maximum power, it’s also about positioning, timing, and measuring your effort throughout the race.
The video advises you to save as much energy as possible before your sprint by sheltering behind other racers in the peloton, and to take the wind direction into account when deciding when to make your move: you can go earlier if the wind is behind you.
It also gives you advice on positioning and how to avoid getting boxed in, gear selection and your level of effort.
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
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