They did try to ride until 3km to go. Even brought it back to under ten seconds. But, i think they clocked that if they did ride then they’d get him in the last km, at which point WvA just follows all and wins. To do the ‘jump’, they needed 5km or at least 3km together, which was tough since descent was until 6km or whatever.If you bring it back Wout probably wins and maybe Ala takes second if he's not shattered.
If you don't bring it back Ala definitely wins and Wout takes second .
At least if you do bring it back there's a chance of getting the jump on people while WVA and Ala look at each other or something.