@CeCa
I'll bet you are a dane. It's pretty normal for danes to brag about something like this.
I think Magnus Bak said it in a interview after PR U19. The danes are more focused on winning as a team, while some other riders are more focused on winning by themselves. (Thats what he said) I can't speak for other nationalities, but I've ridden against Roskilde Junior, which were the best U19 clubteam in 2011 and 12. (Maybe also 13). They had 1 or 2 riders who were probably among the 5 best in the world, but they often had +5 guys in top 10 of the races they participated in. And this transferred into the national team, because they always had 3-4 guys on the national team among with the best 2 guys from other teams. So they could also work very well together on the national team. But both the U19, and the U23 guys seems to flop at the WC roadrace. Except for a U19 silver medal last year.
Short answer is teamwork. I would love to see teamwork like Roskilde displayed, in the world tour, but I don't think it's possible. It's on another level, where you can't get away with such tactics.