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I'd agree that 1/2 a lap (starting from back straight like GF) compared to a lap doesn't make a huge amount of difference to times or feel.
But this is completely different, around 3-4/10th of a second slower and feels like a much harder effort if you are used to a "normal" 200.
Maybe with practice, some riders could reduce the differential to a negligible amount, but for a pure sprinter a good bulk of their ATP-Pcr system is getting hammered having to go from 0mph to 20mph in 50 metres instead of essentially having that in the bank from "free" speed.