Originally Posted by
DaveLeeNC
But you will see that, although unlikely WRT Froome due to peloton strategies. But a "Froome like" rider (in a breakaway) who is not a threat for the GC might easily be mis-timed by the peloton and be racing neck and neck w/Greipel over the last 50 meters.
I have never seen that. I have seen the sprinters rapidly closing in on a breakaway group during the last few hundred meters, though. If and when they do catch the breakaway, the sprinters blow by them like they are standing still. I wouldn't call that neck and neck even if it does come down to a photo finish.