In cycling, why must the climber and the sprinter always get the rewards, and the break-always go unrewarded?

Question

Unless there are HUGE, HUGE mountains, every regular race stage in a major tour (other than the time trials) seems to end in a pack sprint finish, with the same 2-4 people nearly always winning it. Wouldn't it be better if they could somehow get rewards for being in a break-away, and if break-aways could have motorised pacer assistance to help them stay clear, and to help further break-aways catch the front break-away group?

Answer 1

It's become, more or less, a formality.

Usually the weaker teams send a rider on a suicide run, mostly for publicity, but also in hopes that the peloton will not see the rider as a threat and let him win.

Depending on the stage and how far into the race, the teams may cooperate to reel in the break or let it go.

For instance, during the first week of the Tour de France, sprinter teams will not let any breaks get away because it's their only chance to score wins. They must capitalize on that opportunity because the mountain stages are not suited for them. Similarly, the climbers lay low in the peloton until the race reaches the mountains. It is their only chance to win so they will not let any breaks get away to spoil their chances at victory.

That's not to say breaks are fruitless endeavors. Transition stages are great opportunities for attackers. Usually, these are the only stages breakaway riders get, and they are far and few in between. Sometimes, attackers get lucky and the peloton misjudge the strength of the breakaway, or the peloton refuse to cooperate. The 2006 TdF contains numerous examples of this.

Answer 2

The rewards for being in a breakaway are that the cameras stay on you more than the rest of the peloton. This means your sponsors get more face time, and you might get a nice bonus from them for working so hard.

But it's all a part of the checks & balances of cycling. Sprinters don't have the high sustained power of climbers, who don't have the massive power of sprinters, and neither of them have to go back and forth numerous times or block headwinds as domestiques.

If everyone has a finite amount of energy to use in a race, it only stands to reason that not everyone can be on top every time. Sometimes it's all that a domestique can do to get into a good breakaway, and it may even get him/her looked at seriously by other teams.

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Answer 4

not exactly. at least on tour de france there is a reward for most
aggressive rider (longest distance in breakaway).

Answer 5

Break-aways always get reeled in by the peloton. Duh!