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It absolutely can be as you say, especially if no strong puncher goes full steam ahead in the 'main' climb.
So far, a breakaway of 3 men who started at km 0. No reaction from any other rider in the peloton.
It was quite funny because they were 3 when they left, but the last one (a Movistar) slew down after only a couple hundreds yards, intending to get back into the bunch; yet he changed his mind (or the DS did), and then was struggling alone like a moron to catch up with the 2 Italians ahead (1 Polit, 1 Arkéa), until these 2 riders waited for him as the peloton was very slow.
Another Movistar tactical masterclass :D