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She rode 25 cx races in 2017/18, and got decent results, but wasn’t winning races.
The following season she rode more races, close to 40, but her results improved enormously. At her age, such a huge improvement is rare and many people assumed she was doping. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probable that it is a duck.
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How is it strange that someone switching from MTB (and winning races) to CX improves in the season after getting a specific CX trainer, joining a professional team and putting all of her focus on trying to make it the sport?
She was 26 at the time, not exactly too old to physically improve. And if the power was always there but the technique used to be the problem, usually finishing a minute behind can change into getting across the line first.
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peter_v
Because Belgian team?
Tailor made?
In 2017 she predominantly competed in MTB races (3 victories, 4th at national champs), got 7th in the CX national champs, she started to race CX more seriously (and got a real CX trainer) in 2018/19