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I think there's some trepidation about flatter courses among cross riders because usually it brings back those horrible memories of trudging around the outside of a football field for an hour in the rain and a bitter wind.
From a spectators view, most of the other times races are won and lost on the hills. I guess the trick, if you're keeping it flat, is to give riders sections that will challenge them technically, get them off the bike occaisionally and justify the use of grippy tyres over slicks.
I don't know about better racing, I'll never tire of watching riders diving down the banking in Bradford's Peel Park and the batter themselves up the adjacent steps half a lap later. But it'll be different and that's the spectacle for riders and spectators alike. If I were coming as a spectator, I'd want there to be a showpiece section. Something where the few will shine, the many will struggle and the back of the field will not be getting all the way over it on two wheels.