Highish speed decents, rocks coming up, edges from paving appearing through the mud = impact punctures for delicate tubs.
Stephen Hyde said on twitter that as the frost melted and it became muddier it exposed lots of small flinty rocks. They were putting higher pressures in the bikes/wheels they changed onto to eliminate pinch flats but were also getting cut sidewalls from rock edges, and all Hyde’s punctures (4?) were cut walls.
Ref the commentary, I have a lot of time for Ant McCrossan but as he has the UCI English feed gig that includes CX which he knows nothing about. Simon Burney was quite happy to completely but politely disagree with him though!
And per my earlier comments about not being a fan of Pidcock; his riding was a sheer masterclass, and seeing him hit with emotion after crossing the line and choking in the interview, I may have reconsidered.
The elite women’s race was awesome. The amount of screaming from Munqe Chick I’m amazed the neighbours didn’t call the police!