And why didn't they? Because they thought they had a better shot at winning/beating him by saving themselves in the bunch and hope someone else would do the dirty work, so when it came to a show off, they would be fresher than him. Yes, they all could have followed him when he went, the question is if they would then still have been able to follow him 40km later when it was 1v1. And obviously, they didn't care too much to find out. This is what i've been stressing for the past 3 years now. Evenepoel's time to attack is as soon as all the domestiques are getting tired and can't hold him down, but still too soon for the other big names to fancy their chances and go in the attack with him, knowing they will face a hard time when they do. But of course, you don't believe he would drop other riders like he casually dropped Lutsenko, so you may have a different view on the matter. But surely at one point in time you have to start considering this is no coincidence anymore.