Speaking of which, they made up a BS story about Kiel Reijnen running barefoot for hours (only to change to the story's details 3 times when called out on it), getting more coverage than the actual win.
Not sure the the WT teams PR machines are really adding value here...
Trek Segafredo, Movistar, Canyon/SRAM, Rally Cycling, at least, were present. EF podiumed at this event last year and have won others like it.
Gravel is influencing World Tour parcours. Either the World Tour will subsume gravel, or gravel will keep attracting WT riders and teams towards it.
It’s more fun not to turn your nose up at it, that’s what cross is for.