Dragging this across from the LLV thread.
The LLV podium certainly showed that ex top SC athletes can be competitive. Worth noting that (bar Spivey) all 8 of those have successfully raced several times, in MD and draft illegal races already, showing their capability.
I hope those SC athletes who do ‘move up’ get to demonstrate the required standard in 70.3s and Challenge races. Having done so, I’ve no doubt they’ll get T100 wildcard opportunities. A field limit of 20 with 20 contracted (but a requirement to compete in (say) 75% of the regular season races will mean there are (?4+4 average) wildcards on offer (by competition) for every race.
For LLV very few SC athletes asked for their names to be added to the wait list (and I guess Torremolinas had a significant bearing on that. The protocol for filling the start lists and the wait list system will be a familiar one to SC athletes.
I’ve been looking at the SC women who might choose to give up the ‘blow-dry’ style of SBR.
Betto, Bravo, Michel, Van Coervorden, Klamer, Kasper, GTB, Vermeylen, Kingma
Which of those are often seen pushing the bike (in order, I’d have thought GTB as #1)?
Add to that Coldwell who will I assume do well.
Renouf in first half of the PTN pod sharing insights to 2025.