They needed to catch him before the final kilometre, otherwise any effort to close the gap would ruin the chance of a decent result for the rider closing it.
Yeah - it was when the 2 chase groups came together that they lost all cohesiveness. Always amusing to see though.
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They needed to catch him before the final kilometre, otherwise any effort to close the gap would ruin the chance of a decent result for the rider closing it.