Brennan crossed the line in the same time as Bryan Coquard and Jordi Meeus, both credible sprinters in their own right, but the 10-second bonus went to Brennan because Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte had already done the work. Van Aert himself rolled in fifth for a two-second bonus — the lead-out rider finishing ahead of half the field he was supposed to be delivering someone else through. Coquard and Meeus aren't losing sprints on the line; they're losing them on the run-in, before wheels are even contested.