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I don't know much about Robin's situation, or any of the other challengers for that matter, but winning this is petty existential for Strasser, in career terms. And he has ridden for a week on a few catnaps on RAAM, and he haz Watts. I just think he has so much more in reserve and will do what he needs to do to win it.
But not a lot more. It's a different world and the standard is massively higher, but he's a professional so he may prefer not to smash the rest of the field Kristof style. Rather it may serve his interest better to just beat them by enough to make it more interesting and to keep them coming back for another crack at him.
Call me cynical but he's the consummate professional in an amateur sport, a shark playing with the dolphins.