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I’ve watched the last 10 seconds of the sprint again and again, and Cav’s tactical movement was absolutely perfect. Just before the final curve he was in line with Philipsen, barely starting to pull ahead and leaving enough space for Bouhanni to move his front wheel between them, thereby blocking Philipsen from edging Cav to the side. Then he cut right towards Philipsen, I think, to jostle him or crowd him against the barrier because Philipsen stopped pedalling and lost 2nd place if not the race (seems the wall wasn’t an even curve but c’est la vie).
Cav seemed more powerful at the end but those moves really showed a lifetime of embodied practice and honed instinct, really excellent stuff.