When there is someone ahead, you also get hesitation. No one wants to expend the effort to catch them. Everyone hopes that someone else will put in that effort.
It's a classic game theoretical 'tragedy of the commons'.
The same could have happened here. The dutch riders were all riding for themselves. The other riders would probably have looked to the favorites to close the gap.
When there is someone ahead, you also get hesitation. No one wants to expend the effort to catch them. Everyone hopes that someone else will put in that effort. It's a classic game theoretical 'tragedy of the commons'.
The same could have happened here. The dutch riders were all riding for themselves. The other riders would probably have looked to the favorites to close the gap.