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umop3pisdn
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Not sure. Historically I guess women's events were always shorter. They still often are, although personally I think there's no reason the women shouldn't be in the same distances. I'd maybe have a Short BAR, BAR and Ultra BAR instead of men's and women's but it's not my call. I'm sure there's women out there that would spank all but the fastest of the men's BAR riders.
I know Topps enters more than one 12 per year but I'm not sure he's finished more than one in a year (he DNF'd the National a few years ago when I rode it after having already done a 306 on the Breckland course). I'm sure if he had a particularly shit Newbury 12 he'd likely enter the National later in the year in order to make sure he locked in another BBAR win.