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i've just finished reading a long article about this on cycling tips: https://cyclingtips.com/2021/04/making-sense-of-the-controversial-photo-finish-at-amstel-gold/
the tldr version is that the result is correct.
i didn't know that the image is a composite made from when each rider crossed the line rather than a snapshot at a point in time.