I think the most interesting part of this is that both MVDP - the Australian fracas, dying your hair, 1.5 races last season which looks more like Netflix than CX prep - and TP ( watch me follow in PFPs footsteps - which seemed to me- at the time both disrespectful of the competition and of the towering achievement it was) getting out thought, out classed and out gunned by Nino and then not turning up for Road Worlds who needs to give a very strong signal of ‘backness’ and being ‘elite’- coming in against the cross and only cross riders who seem to have gone up a level…and also IDK but Joris! Hard to doubt that WVA will hit the ground running and he’s the one I can see going straight to the front and winning but it all looks more interesting than 2 years ago. ( Whatever happens it won’t be as good as the women but FVE, SVA and PP are starting to look like the big 3 so we need Marianna, Lucinda, Denise and Ceylin to get their mojo working. It certainly looks like the changing of the guard.. Cue montage and Steely Dan track here..keep up the good work.
Worth noting that VdP was a DNS at worlds after hotelgate. Also interesting to see Jolanda Neff return to CX at NCGP this weekend.
I think the most interesting part of this is that both MVDP - the Australian fracas, dying your hair, 1.5 races last season which looks more like Netflix than CX prep - and TP ( watch me follow in PFPs footsteps - which seemed to me- at the time both disrespectful of the competition and of the towering achievement it was) getting out thought, out classed and out gunned by Nino and then not turning up for Road Worlds who needs to give a very strong signal of ‘backness’ and being ‘elite’- coming in against the cross and only cross riders who seem to have gone up a level…and also IDK but Joris! Hard to doubt that WVA will hit the ground running and he’s the one I can see going straight to the front and winning but it all looks more interesting than 2 years ago. ( Whatever happens it won’t be as good as the women but FVE, SVA and PP are starting to look like the big 3 so we need Marianna, Lucinda, Denise and Ceylin to get their mojo working. It certainly looks like the changing of the guard.. Cue montage and Steely Dan track here..keep up the good work.