MONEY DOESN'T MAKE YOU WEALTHY: There was a lot to admire about this leg of the Race -- no flights, no bunching, a perform-for-the-locals task that was judged somewhat more rigorously than the Kiev leg where they had to rap before Burkina Faso's Randy, Simon and Paula ... and yet, it was still some of the most drama-free suck we've had in a while. Why? The tasks were straightforward and not time-consuming, and it was darn near impossible for anyone to gain ground. I do like my racing to be based on merit, not randomness, and so while I appreciate that previous success begat good outcomes here, the past was too much of an anchor here.
Also: I hate hate hate it when teams whine, and we had two really bad version of it -- the "how dare you use a strategic element we provide you!" -- i.e., the U-Turn (an improvement over the Yield) -- and a particularly unfortunate "why didn't you let us win!" from the second-placers.
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