That was the question coming into the final stage of Round 1 of the EDR held in Pietra Ligure. With the return to multi-day stage racing, the EDR’s hopes seem destined to rest upon a nostalgic return to what made the sport so popular to begin with. But the question remained: will anyone be watching after two long days, finishing with a 7 th and final stage consisting of 980 meters with a vertical drop of 147 meters? Was this really the formula to bring the sport back to the masses?
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