Greig Leach

Many who are new to the sport of bike racing don't realize that it is a team sport. Each member of the team is there for a particular reason, all to further the cause of the team that has been its hopes on the team leader. When the team leader has a problem, either from a crash, a flat, or even from stopping along the side of the road to take a pee, several members of the team will drop back to help pace their man back into the peloton. To understand the need of the pace line, one needs to have a grasp of aerodynamics, the guy in front breaks the wind so that the guy behind uses about 30% less energy to travel at the same speed. Here it is TeJay Van Garderen is brought back up through the following caravan after he had a flat. He was escorted back into the fold by 3 of his teammates, Peter Velits, Marcus Burghardt and Michael Schar in hopes that TeJay would be at the business end of the race at the line in Sheffield.