Stage 1: Synthetic to sprint

Pick it up at 6 k to go.

Near enough, I'd say. · breakaway caught

They'd been making the calculations behind, and they timed it right. All together at 5.6 k.

one for the fast men · 180.0 km · finished: a big bunch sprint, one for the fast men · hide spoilers

How it played out

Raw analysis

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  "race": "sim",
  "stage_id": "sim-sprint",
  "stage_number": 1,
  "route": "Synthetic to sprint",
  "stage_type": "flat",
  "length_km": 180.0,
  "observations": 148,
  "reasons": [
    "Breakaway caught at 5.6 km to go (peak gap 4m00s)."
  ],
  "recommendation": 5.6,
  "confidence": "medium",
  "coverage_km": [
    60.0,
    1.2
  ],
  "outcome": "bunch sprint",
  "basis": "breakaway caught",
  "candidates": {
    "breakaway caught": 5.6
  }
}