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tobydawq"
Yeah, maybe don't do that...
I don't know whose mistake this was.
Fuglsang had to not work with Alaphilippe because of previous experiences and you could even argue that he should have stopped before he did. It's nonsense (for two reasons) to say that now he actually beat Alaphilippe, he should have worked with him. First, he could not have known he would beat him, and second, he may not have beat him if he had helped him, which is the entire point of not helping - it's hard for Alaphilippe to lead alone and that little bit more effort may have been the deciding factor in the Fuglsang-Alaphilippe duel.
Alaphilippe is a little more at fault but he was probably told that he had a minute to the followers (behind Kwiatkowski), and therefore thought he was allowed to play cat and mouse. And it was necessary to do that because he was obviously feeling a little tired and he probably knew that he could lose that sprint if he just buried himself - Fuglsang's attack with 4 to go was a pretty stinging one.
So I choose not to focus on any of those two and point fingers and instead just sit back in absolute awe and wonder of one of the most insane finishes I have ever had the pleasure to witness. What a FREAK he is, Mathieu.[/quote]
Yes I think it's vain to fault anyone when someone is just too strong above any calculation. It would be different had it ended with Kwiat winning though.