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No, not really. There is no section of top level CX races that don't have camera coverage
Right. So, tell us just how many other times you have seen Ville Merlov onscreen out of the 6 Kerstperiode races he has done so far?
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But 25th is irrelevant for him. Might as well be 100th.
25th is worth 35 UCI points in a World Cup. That's more points than Pidcock scored in his 2nd place at the Herentals X2O. It's midway between 3rd and 4th at the Diegem SP he raced on Thursday... Eli's loss in the fight for the stairs that you posted above gave him third, was that irrelevant?
The idea that points are meaningless for Pidcock is belied by the fact that none of this conversation ever takes place if he isn't stuck back in a third row start position from lack of points.
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Seems like Pidcock was a bit too far back for initiating contact to make sense. At that speed going into a turn you want to be nearly bars-equal if you're going to lean on someone.
Pidcock in red.
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