If there's one thing the Andes aren't short of, it's dust. So there's plenty to settle tonight after the first weekend of racing for the EWS in 2014 wraps up here in Nevados de Chillan. One thing that is clear is how much fun this weekend has been - there's barely a person in the pits with a bad word to say about the race. The trails have been amazing, the landscape beautiful and the people more than welcoming. Seeing fans run round the pits, just happy to meet the riders they only ever seen on a screen until now left many of us realising how jaded we have become. While Chile may have adopted our mountain bike culture, many of us could learn from the enthusiasm they bring to the sport. It's also a great sign for the future of the EWS, that it could be a series looking to reach out beyond the safe confines of Europe and North America pushing mountain bike racing as a truly global sport.
I'm amazed Jerome pulled out the win, I predicted Jared would take it considering his fitness. The competition is just insanely fierce.
EWS - we need a live race feed, twitter ain't cutting it!