Avoiding the internet evidence of who posted what, who liked and didn't like what posts, here's the evidence from within the race:
"At the beginning of the race, Aaron goes out very aggressively, taking the lead and going through 400m in 61 or something. Then you see Lex really passing him aggressively and Leo following shortly after, almost like they were sprinting just to take the lead from him, Aaron immediately drops back.
"Mid race, around 2.7K, is the most important and interesting part of that race, you see Sahlman catching up on them and you clearly see Leo and Lex looking behind, seeing that Sahlman has caught up, and then looking at each other and immediately throwing down a big and unnecessary surge that probably cost them the race (Lex’s form started breaking down shortly after), when rewatching the race you clearly see NP’s trio weren’t working together like last year but you had Leo and Lex working together and trying as hard as possible to drop Aaron (interestingly enough they didn’t throw that surge when Gorze was pulling away with them but as soon as Aaron caught up Leo and Lex immediately looked at each other and started a big surge). I’m not implying Leo and Lex didn’t want to win the race and just wanted to beat Aaron but I’m saying they clearly didn’t want to work with him.
"Aaron didn’t panic and closed that gap progressively, allowing him to save some energy. If Leo and Lex had worked together with Aaron, instead of trying to surge every time he closed the gap on them, I’m sure they would have run a better race.
"After the race, and during the party, Aaron has been seen doing a double « L »thing with his fingers, that may seem nothing but he kept doing it."