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The 20k has always been "all in" though, so it probably wouldn't have been split anyway even if the other races were. Having it near the beginning of the meet probably made a difference, more fresh legs meant riders who would probably have been shelled out later on in the meet hanging on despite the pace being quite high.
To paraphrase RPM - there seems to be lot of new riders who are all bollocks and no brains. Actually, take out the word new, one or two "experienced" riders could do with some pointers in how to ride properly in a track bunch too. The devil at Good Friday was one of the sketchiest races I've ever ridden and that was all supposedly experienced riders.
The problem that you can't make people drop out and those who probably should go back to the Saturday and Monday sessions for a few weeks of pointers don't have the self awareness to do so themselves...