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It's been pointed out that the US finished 0% of it's team compared 
rather than 33% as I mentioned in my post on team strategy.

I knew that when I posted team - I should have said group.  But I 
expected that overall stats would be similar for riders in teams as they 
are for the group.

If we look at the members of the teams that started (113) and those that 
finished - 43 - the finishing rate for riders who are a part of teams is 
just about exactly the same as the whole group 38% vs 36%.

On that basis - I'd expect it to be pretty difficult to finish a team. 
There were something like 31 teams that started.  I don't know how many 
teams finished but I'd expect it to be a lot smaller than 33%.

It would also be reasonable to expect the riders on a team to finish at 
a higher rate than individual riders due to wanting to be conservative 
and finish.  That's apparently not the case.  I'd be interested in 
hearing thoughts from the group as to why they think this is the case.

But I certainly agree that the US _team_ finished at a significantly 
lower completion rate than the average rider.

Part of that may be statistics and certainly part strategy.

Mike



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