Barelli who we caught up with in stage 2 is feeling fairly relaxed as he takes the stage 3 win, however Barel is still showing commanding style and is ahead on the overall with Graves back in 4th, good enough for a title win if he keeps his form and bike together.
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Looking at the styles of the different riders it’s possible to see how trained and the good form Graves has, with Nico Lau also demonstrating clean style. Curtis Keene is keeping it together despite him finding the tracks this year not as fun as last year due to the technical control and precise thought that is needed into riding perfect corners that do not flow all the time. Curtis observed that the technical level of the trails is challenging everyone.
