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Bullshit.
Honestly, you lot think this course was so easy, but the best cross races in the world were having problems with it - i.e. in the men's junior race the pre-race favourite crashed and lost all hope of a podium, in the u23 women's race the pre-race favourite got caught out by one of the ramps and lost any chance of the win - so any WT pro who just happened to rock up and race wouldn't have stood a chance.
andyp-
Fly out a week ahead and practice the course > rock up and race.
The tiny Dutch boy wasn’t a victim of a difficult course. Looks like his front wheel slid out or tram-lined in a rut. Just a mistake as it didn’t happen to many others. Wasn’t the Swiss winner of the junior mens not a regular cross rider? The commentators kept saying he just had good power and had been on a UAE camp.
Anyone got a number on the amount of crashes per race yday vs the average slopfest in a boat yard?
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I suppose everyone thinks a dry Roubaix is a glorified sportive too…
snoops
Acliff
I agree with this. I think there are world tour riders (other than WVA and MVDP) who would have ended up on the podium.