I'm sure you have all seen and heard about the weather in Les Gets already, but being British, let's bring it up again; Snowmelt followed by weeks and weeks of rain have caused chaos, cancellation, and cloggage of nearly every bath, shower, and drainpipe in the Les Gets and Morzine basin. Despite all this, the Whip-Off managed to go ahead on Wednesday, Dual Speed and Style went ahead earlier today, Downhill practice was a slippery affair, and Pump Track was postponed. So this leads us to the question, who will be crowned King and Queen of the Quagmire?
Casey Brown is here and has already taken the Whip-Off win. Anneke Beerten and Jill Kintner are pump track and dual slalom pinners but my money is on Casey to be the highest ranked of these three in the downhill and take the French round overall with two wins.
The heir to the throne in Rotorua, Ryan Howard, racked up 2nd place in Whip-Off and is one of the most stoked riders in the field, a trait that will pay dividends when bog-bashing his way through the other events. Unfortunately, the King of Rotorua, Matt Walker is injured. Bernard Kerr, the 2015 overall King somehow didn't even make it into the top ten at the Whip-Off but should claw back points in the timed events, using his previous 4X experience and his current superb downhill form.
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