No, he braked late at the finish because he knew it was an exit there
I see the problem this year with Latvia and Poland. There should be at least one tarmac event. We are missing one mixed surface too. Don't know why Italians don't rather bring rally back to San Remo.
The rainiest forecast I can find is for the fourth stage: https://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/pecurkovo Others have less
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