Yes this is a can of worms. Similar to SMH articles on whether bikes should be registered and journos complaining about those pesky cyclists getting to work more quickly than they do, this thread is sure to generate a good deal of responses for a day or two.
To be honest I don't really care if people don't do turns. For me, doing turns on the front is making me a stronger rider, and that's my primary focus. To have the goal of "Win the race so save as much energy as possible throughout" is a bit short-sighted, in my opinion (apologies for not using non-newspaper acronyms here; don't trust them). I have more fun when I'm doing big turns on the front, sometimes giving some pain to the people sitting in, more often than not just giving pain to myself. Sitting in on the back is not a fun race, but that's just my opinion.
If these people win I don't really care either. If I can get a result at the end in addition to having done some work throughout the race, this is good times. I enjoy racing and, not that I don't try my guts out for them, the results are a bonus if they come.
What about working in a breakaway? Surely whatever etiquette rules exist for doing turns on the front of the bunch are doubled for doing work in a breakaway?
These are just my thoughts.
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