Hi guys, my first post in here! Forgive me for noob questions
After having finally managed finding some graphical settings that doesn't make my game crash every 10 mins, im now having problems with 2 things: mountain-stages and sprinting.
As for the mountain stages, i have tried setting my helping riders on protect, and just letting my mountain rider run on individual speed and hoping they can keep up - im not sure how effective that is tho, but is there any other viable tactic for having teammates help my rider in the mountains?
on sprinting: i understand about making a "train" of helpers, but i cant get the buggers to move to the front - even with individual setting on a rider with 76 flat riding, he still isnt moving to the fore before the sprint starts.. so help please
Personally I have another technique when it comes to sprinting.
Around 8 km. left of the stage, i set my best flat rider to "follow" one of the riders leading out the peloton. My second best sprinter will follow this rider, having my best sprinter in his wheel.
When my three (sometimes four) riders get to the front of the peloton, i put my front rider to 99% individual effort, and he will then lead the train.
When moving forward in the peloton, all my riders have 99% effort, and agrresive in sprint options...
Its probably a better idea to not put your sprinter's % onto 99 until you start sprinting with him, so he has more energy left, meaning a faster acceleration.
Instead of making a train, I usually try to get near the front of an AI train.
this how i do with cavendish at 84 speed in the 4 th season at 10 km he and the 2 helpers i put them at 80 depends how back in the peleton i am if i am back at 8 km 99 and the first goes in front then makes a train followed by the leading man and cav if they are iin front at 6 km i do that and you should be in front in the last 2 km
the sprinter thing makes good sense to me - i have tried mountain stages hardcore now in the Giro, and it seems to me that the AI must cheat since it almost always has the energy to attack even when my superior mountain rider is all out, even if he has just maintained while protected by 2 people up the mountain
either way - the way i do mountain stages now is to protect my captain with whatever riders i have, try to hang on to the leader group and counter-attack "dangerous" riders with my captain... any other strategies? I'm playing CSC atm, so im not too hot on big mountain boys when counting out the Slecks and Sastre
in the 4 th season at 10 km he and the 2 helpers i put them at 80 depends how back in the peleton i am if i am back at 8 km 99 and the first goes in front then makes a train followed by the leading man and cav if they are iin front at 6 km i do that and you should be in front in the last 2 km 
