ROAD • CRITERIUM • GROUP RIDING
Road cycling and criterium racing resources
Practical guidance for riders who want to race with more awareness, waste less energy, make better decisions, and turn fitness into results.
THE SPORT INSIDE THE SPORT
Road racing is a skill sport.
Road racing is easy to misunderstand from the outside. The strongest rider does not automatically win. Most races are decided by who gets to the key moment with something left in the tank, good position, and more than one move available.
That changes what you actually need to train. Riders need endurance and power, but they also need to handle repeated accelerations out of corners, stay sheltered, move through a field, read the wind, fuel before they are in trouble, and make good decisions while the race is still moving.
These resources come from Kent Woermann’s experience racing, coaching athletes, teaching team strategy, and spending hundreds of days in group rides and race fields. This is not a pile of random tips. It is here to help riders understand why races play out the way they do and what to work on next.
WHAT ROAD RACING REWARDS
More than a big engine
- Fitness you can use late
- Position before the race breaks open
- Efficient group-riding skills
- Clear roles and communication
- Honest post-race review
FEATURED GUIDE
Start with team race strategy
Fitness gives you options. Strategy helps you use them at the right time. This guide explains attacks, breakaways, covering moves, bridging, leadouts, crosswinds, communication, and the work that should happen before the start.
It also lays out Move Up’s Advantage Method and Control Method—two practical ways to decide whether a team should create favorable numbers up the road or organize the race around a protected rider.
KEEP BUILDING THE COMPLETE RIDER
More road cycling guides
Use these guides to build the skills around the fitness: riding smoothly with other people, choosing the right group, and turning training data into something useful.
GROUP RIDING • PACELINES
Make Your Group Ride Faster
Effort does not equal speed. Learn how smoother pulls, better paceline choices, and fewer unnecessary surges make the whole group faster.
GROUP RIDING • TRAINING
Mastering the Art of Group Riding
What to practice in a group, how to choose the right ride, and where group riding fits when the goal is better training and racing.
POWER • TRAINING
How to Begin Cycling With a Power Meter
Choose a power meter, understand the useful metrics, establish a baseline, and turn the numbers into training decisions.
MAKE THE WORK CONNECT
Turn knowledge into a race plan.
Coaching helps tie your fitness, race calendar, group rides, recovery, and tactical work together so the work you do in training actually shows up when the race gets hard.