#TACTICS 101: STACKING THE ODDS
USA NATIONAL ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIPS / 20.6.21
Joey Rosskopf and Rally Cycling used strength in numbers and strong riders to engineer a national RR title
The most complex tactics, and sometimes the most simple, come in the national championships road races. Unusually, team sizes are not standard, so the startlist may feature a handful of WorldTour pros from a few different teams, but much larger rosters with more nationally homogenous ProTour and Conti teams. In the case of the USA this pitched Rally Cycling, who compete internationally but also run an extensive home programme, against WorldTour teams with riders who were stronger on paper, but had much fewer options.