I don't know what logic you must use to say that it's not an advantage, when it obviously is. It just wasn't big enough advantage for Limit to win this time.
If I was given 10 meter advantage and Usain Bolt would still wreck me, it would still be an advantage. Just not big enough for me to win him, but him winning me doesn't mean I wasn't given an advantage. He is just better at running than I am.