To add to sibling comment, in the peleton you generally dont have the luxury of choosing your formation down to such fine detail. Theres lots of other riders fi

To add to sibling comment, in the peleton you generally dont have the luxury of choosing your formation down to such fine detail. Theres lots of other riders fighting for space. And breakaways are rarely a team affair. You get some towards the end of mountain stages, but uphill all of this maths goes away (everyone is much slower and air drag matters less).