As a winner of the race in Papendal Marc Willers does have a voice that needs to be listened to. He's on top of his game and knows what's going on. The winner of the second World Cup race speaks:
What did you hear about the track before you made it to Papendal?Marc: I knew it was a big track. But getting the truth was hard with the dutch trying to scare everyone off with their videos. The only thing i knew was certain was that it was a lot longer than UCI rules allow.
Did you try to find videos of it to see what it was like before you went to Holland?Marc: Only what was popping up on facebook. I try not to get too into the hype that I can't control. The track looked big!
When you arrived at the track, what was your first opinion?Marc: At first I thought it didn't look too crazy and for once the 2nd straight doubles might actually work. From the get go, that crap section s-bend/hip/box jump, looked like a