I was wondering, when the AI is pulling the peloton, at what effort do they go.
The reason I want to know this is because I often find myself either chasing alone or dropping when I put a rider on relay.
I figured it should be something like this:
pre 1/2 stage: 40
1/2 till 1/3: 50
after 1/3: 60
Is this even right at all?
Other situations I'm curious about:
Chasing a breakaway that's too big or strong at the start of the race,
Chasing a breakaway at the very end of the race,
Relay in the breakaway itself.
What I found to work for me, is approximately what you've posted: in the early parts of the stage, in the peloton, 35~41. Later 50, then 65 and in the closing stages of the stage, with less than 85 or a bad rider I don't even enter the relaying "group". As for chasing a break in the start of the race, I usually don't take part, since the AI does all the job (and I'm usually not that much interested in bringing them back ). But if it's in my interest that a big or strong break does not go away, and the AI is fine with that, then I set 3 or 4 riders relaying at 85, usually brings the break back quite quickly. Lastly, for relaying in the breakaway: I usually go with 50 (which was the "default" effort pre-PCM11), and sometimes up to 65 or 70 when the break is speeding up in the last 1/4 or so of the race. But it also depends on the situation, f.e. if my rider is superior than all the others in the break in climbing, and it's a mountainous stage, I put him in 35 or 40 in the climbs so that he doesn't work alone on the front and doesn't drop his breakaway mates too early.
). But if it's in my interest that a big or strong break does not go away, and the AI is fine with that, then I set 3 or 4 riders relaying at 85, usually brings the break back quite quickly. Lastly, for relaying in the breakaway: I usually go with 50 (which was the "default" effort pre-PCM11), and sometimes up to 65 or 70 when the break is speeding up in the last 1/4 or so of the race. But it also depends on the situation, f.e. if my rider is superior than all the others in the break in climbing, and it's a mountainous stage, I put him in 35 or 40 in the climbs so that he doesn't work alone on the front and doesn't drop his breakaway mates too early.
