I really like this Rui Da Costa guy.  He seems to have real race smarts.  Most of the time under the radar but it appears he knows where to put himself where he will have a chance.  I don't get to see the live footage so I am mostly conjecturing here, but I suspect the live footage wouldn't show him a lot over the past week, either at the front or falling off the back. Also I don't hear of him crashing.   And he seems to manage all this without a super team.  As I gather from the live updates, Costa jumped from the remains of the peloton with Frank and Mollema, then benefited from their teammates dropping back from the break.  Smart!  Sounds kinda like that Spanish rider we all know.

Maybe this will all go to Costa's head and he will start believing he is somebody special.  But I'll bet this doesn't happen and that his even though his competitors don't like at all that he beat them (and did so by using them), they will line up against him next race without grudges.

Ben