@BenjiNaesen I think that this was how B.Thomas won his stage: keeping the effort controlled at the beginning and slowly ramping it up towards the end of the stage. Because they know they are only racing a couple of people pulling in the peloton.
@BenjiNaesen Is this not the breakaway pulling a Magnus Cort special? Can we think of the breakaway controlling the gap to the peloton as supposed to UAE controlling the gap to the breakaway? Maybe this thinking applies more to a sprint stage and not a MTF. Thoughts?