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Guys need to stop forcing their opinions

 

And when I say guys I mean Andrew

 

Don't hold back, say what you mean 

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The ladies format was a joke.. you can't have a ladies competition with the elite's ladies riding in different batches. . That's ridiculous.. the leading ladies then just get pulled along by the Abatch men, and the rest have to move through traffic, the changes are a good thing people, it'll Def make it more competitive. Are the 2 A's still favourite, they are yes. I for one am glad Dahle spoke her mind, and she wasn't the only one, wasn't it Bigham that also spoke of it... THE changes are brilliant for ladies racing.

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Guys need to stop forcing their opinions

 

And when I say guys I mean Andrew

Especially if his opinion is well thought out, fair and sensible!

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To add, is the route not more technical than ever, that will bring a whole new dimension to it too.. the ladies from XCO background are going to love it.

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To be fair to Ariane, the Epic is her main focus of the year and she peaks for it: that's why she has won her category four times in a row and quite often hasn't seemed to be in great form beforehand. She is tactically shrewd has a 'diesel engine' (Annika's words last year) and is excellent over eight days of racing. Annika is a freak - super strong at any distance. 

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To add, is the route not more technical than ever, that will bring a whole new dimension to it too.. the ladies from XCO background are going to love it.

 

Would of played into GRD's hands too... next year we see  :)

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Must say, I'm a little worried about Arriane. I don't think she's where she was, comparatively, in previous years.

 

Robyn has been smoking her in the lead up, which is unusual, with all due respect to Robyn.

 

There were mentions of personal issues late last year, which I'm assuming included the search for a new sponsor, that has quite evidently affected her.

 

On last year's form, we were in for a one horse race. That won't be the case this year.

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