If cycling weren't a team sport, I don't think I'd do it. Even with the support of a team, members must do their own conditioning. In addition to tactics in racing, there are climbing and sprinting. And there are different disciplines. Usually they're a couple of city blocks.
Racers go around corners every four to five seconds.
This kind of event requires that racers really know how to handle a bike. In Time Trials you have to go from point A to point B as fast as possible. Aerodynamics play a great part here. It's you against the clock. In the Masters Championship time trial held in Tallahassee, Fla., Hagen placed third.