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Originally Posted by surak
I don't know how often it happens, but Cav's max speed in the final 500m was lower than Morkov's. Not pointing this out to cheapen today's win (DQT even retweeted that fact), just showing how strong and close to perfection the leadout was.
That makes for a very effective leadout when the sprinters can't go faster than the speed of the train.
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