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Drafting is banned in most age-group triathlons

Elite races allow cyclists to ride close together, but amateur races do not Drafting behind another rider saves a lot of energy, so age-group rules require a gap of several bike lengths and penalise riders who sit in a group. Elite races use a shorter draft zone so the field stays together. The difference changes the tactics of the whole race. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Drafting is banned in most age-group triathlons: the short answers

Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Elite races allow cyclists to ride close together, but amateur races do not. The figure is taken from World Triathlon, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.