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C'mon guys...weird discussion really If you use political correctness as a way of critique against someone, you're missing the point. If a rider gets a contract or not, is down to team owners. In times of Internet, there are many different reasons to hire a rider or not, and they're not always related to the rider him/herself. But that's not really up to you. That leaves the question: what do you gain from hating publicly on someone you don't even know. And even worse, hiding behind a username at the same time. Just try and find a better pasttime, it'll...

There’s no place for that attitude here, I suggest you quieten down or find positive things to say. Straight up, people are losing their livelihoods this year and they’re going to be in turmoil, put yourself in their shoes and be kind or keep your hate in that thick skull.

For the same reason “no one wants”: Danny Hart, Cole Lucas, Greg Callaghan, Bex Baroana, the list goes on… The sport is struggling at the moment, kicking riders whilst they’re down is a weird hill to die on

Not sure that having a baby would necessarily mean an end to a racing career: there are plenty of fathers riding on the WC circuit that still shred and kick asses, I don't see why a mum (furthermore, THIS specific mum) couldn't. Come on guys, we're not living in the 60s any more.

Beware of the midges.

I really wish mountain biking had some sort of "draft day" where all this shit is unveiled at once. The slow trickle of news is making for a really anti-climatic feeling to all this.

That’s a tough one, because that’s part of racing and how it goes sometime. Sounds like he wants to play fair and square, but outside of timing you quali run it wasn’t in his control. If I remember right. A win is still a win, and I would hope he could be proud of a solid performance. Wish him the best!

No, Alex is saying that's how he feels about it, because he had very different conditions during his run, so in his mind he "stole" it. Which is a rough thing to carry around IMO, especially when he then went on to face quite a bit of bad luck/injuries etc. Wishing him well!

"Like, they can get the African U23 champion straight from the bush on a cellphone" WOW!! Africa = Bush; that's awesome iceman2058, that's truly awesome. FACEPALM

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Unfortunately it was not possible this round, practice was split in two. With top 150 practicing some stages while rest of field (including junior women) were on other tracks. Same goes for race, we were only able to follow top 30 men and top twenty women - some great new talent in junior women - Ella Connelly would have been top ten, in her first year racing Enduro.