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There is however a rumor that its coming back for 2025! That race could be easily organized by UCI themselves considering the venue is 20min drive from their HQ.
Back to Team Rumours, word on the street is that the undersigned dude had extended his contract with Still-Dreaming-About-Bikes for another half eternity. Big surprise!
Mx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8vHhgh6oM0
And yeah, sorry for the off-topic
Mx
Commencal just built their own custom track for testing, looks bonkers good:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7QWSWCq10/
https://www.facebook.com/benoitcoulanges/posts/1320513931662750
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7NY4lHNUt/
Yes it's been said she has had a few concussion's the last two season but so have many riders the last few years in DH and enduro. They were getting contracts even during injury. Katy's still a podium threat any weekend and she was doing huge days consistently until the end of the year riding so how much a concussion was affecting her if she was doing 8+ hour rides, even on an E-Bike is questionable. I know I've been one of the people on both sites inquiring on her situation, but I think she's one of the best riders and personality's in the EWS and it shocks me that even during a possible injury and during an admittedly odd year that someone who is both top of the ews standings and a provider of quality social media content has zero news for 2+ months when people with .5% of her reach and half her talent are getting rides.
I mean even a seemingly small injury (when it's head related) can have HUGE effects on the life of an athlete, they might need to tone it down for fears of compounded injuries, etc. So maybe that's the issue she was kinda, silently trying to point out with the diversity post? As in 'this is an issue that needs to be dealt with too'?
Also, 8+ hour rides are something completely different to an EWS race when we are talking about head injuries. EWS is high pressure, high focus environment where a mistake can be disastrous (repeat head injury getting much worse - Lorraine Truong). 8+ hour rides can be much more mellow, yet still provide tons of social content and engagement, so she's far from a 'useless athlete'. Maybe it will be hard for her to perform at top level in EWS for fears of another injury, but yeah, she is someone worth a follow from what I've seen and that can also be worth a lot to a lot of companies.
Or is all of this just too much rambling from me?
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