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Bjorn may have just gambled on the R440 knowing that getting 1st was unlikely with a big reroute like he had to do.
The unknown was how long the unpaved section was (since you can see on google that it's a real road at each end), I can't easily tell from google maps and I don't have the time to go digging around and analysing the speed profiles from anyone who did it on previous TCRs.
At some point he'd have thought "if I carry on here too far then I may lose 2nd place too" and turned around for the reroute. He's slightly behind Stephane now but if he rides as he has so far he should get 2nd place back.