No, not predetermined, if you've seen previous years. Ewan is looking seriously fit already.People still claim that this crit is not scripted
Ewan acting like he is the worst rider in the race and barely holding on at the back for 2/3 of the race, only to win the sprint by far. But sure, this Schwalbe thing is the only non-predetermined crit.
I will say that the EF leadout were brainless though. They left a corridor a team car could have driven down next to that barrier and somehow only Ewan saw it.