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Great write up - I am not surprised. Equally unsurprised that having been given the unbeatable red bull template for covering MTBing we get an inferior product, a lead commentator who seems to lack knowledge - ( been a while since Neff was the woman to beat - maybe PFPs stripes are a clue) - and who mentions tech features - dropper post anyone? In lieu of dropping actual knowledge. We will see but I am not convinced. ( Proper marathon coverage will be cool though) The good news is that U.K. Corner is alive and well with Pidders and Evie showing out and Pinarello have given PFP a bike that works more reliably than her CX bike.

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Great writeup and very thorough but must visit corrections corner. Rob Hatch is seemingly omnipresent on Eurosport / GCN he did not do the RedBull MTB series. That was Rob Warner who was equally over the top at times but like Phil Ligget a voice that seemed to belong with the sport. And judging by the XCC coverage there is work to be done as in no spoilers and explaim weird anomalies like the XCC world champion not making the 40 rider start list (Gaze got it due to a late scratch). Same with Pidders which makes the UCI’s start qualifying a bit suspect given the result huh?

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