It’s no worse than the Froome position, which is about as bad as you can get for braking. You don’t want or need to be applying a lot of force to the handlebars

It’s no worse than the Froome position, which is about as bad as you can get for braking. You don’t want or need to be applying a lot of force to the handlebars at speed, so it’s not a big deal that you don’t need to have a lot of torque on the handlebars. At high speeds, you really want to be controlling the bike by shifting your weight slightly. As for the tight in position, It’s actually pretty easy to move your hands from the beside the stem position out to the brakes as long as you’re paying some attention to the road ahead.