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It also means that he is feeling good. He could have taken a three hour nap and gone on knowing that Bijorn would have had to ride through and wouldn't have been as fresh. But riding on shows strength. Announcing it to Bijorn is a psychological sledge hammer blow. "I'm feeling strong and am going to win" Bijorn may well take some sleep as a consequence.
Most of all though it is classy. To ride this way out of respect for Mike and the race he created. Bloody marvellous.