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@willo
This is an interesting debate - she deliberately kept her power at or just under 300 watts going up Hurst Hill.
I have seen a comparison of her file with that of one of the Kingston Wheelers chaps (who she beat by just under a minute) showing their relative time advantage / disadvantage over time. Now it is clear that the KW rider took back about 20 seconds on the first 2/3 of the ascent. However, what is equally clear is that she recouped this time plus some within the next km so that over the 3kms from the start of the climb she had made a net gain of 10 seconds over him.
Anyone who has watched Hutch race will know that he sets off as if ambling - this is the same dynamic at play: you maximise your overall pace by trying not to exceed your threshold power. Or in old-fashioned speak, you learn how to pace yourself.