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For a race like this, I just don’t think it’s suitable, they have many applications, but you don’t need the robustness, the weight is too much, and if you do have a problem, unlikely to be fixed!
Rhobbs-
It only occurred to me as I punctured my Di2 bike, swapped back to my Winter bike with a Rohloff, and remembered just how smooth the ride (direct drive gear 11 is my 90rpm 30Kph gear inch) and also how absolutely insane the low gears are (90rpm in lowest gear is about 8Kph and I'm crap on mountains but this is low enough that I can cruise up).
The only downside is weight... all the weight of the entire drivetrain is over the back wheel and it weighs more than a Di2 system.
The robustness is a plus, the number of riders who've bent their cages! :)
Velocio
Just wondering... is anyone doing it on a Rohloff hub?