Yup…pretty much agreed across the board there.
The Women’s race in Nice next year is gonna be either sparse or a joke. They will have to roll down so far in the AG’s to find enough people to fill out the slots…which then makes the idea of the vent being a “world championship” questionable.
I think WTC will need at least 5 years to make the idea of a WC in a different location stick. It eventually worked for the 70.3 WC, but it took awhile (although Clearwater was certainly no Kona, so that helped).