ErickBar wrote:
appears that way?.
I'm not sure I agree with the assumptions in a lot of the other posts on this thread.
In a German interview he said the first half of the bike contained a lot of surging 150W - 350W. So he definitely wasn't 'sticking to his pace'.
Back half of the bike he had to drop off for fear of blowing up, and he didn't feel good at the start of the run.
IMHO he raced the race.
What sets him apart (speed assumed) is he runs -ve or even splits.