Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

How many times have you seen the peloton reel in a breakaway in the final kilometer? Today, in the Tour of Spain, the peloton was thwarted. Breakaway rider Anthony Roux held off the charging peloton just long enough to cross the finish line first. Here is the final kilometer, which shows Roux dropping his breakaway companion. Chalk it up to willpower.