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Could be that racers dont want 2" tires for aerodynamic reasons, but beyond that, I am not going to answer your question, just throw a couple other wrinkles into the mix:
I have a Big Apple in front, where I want the extra cushion and because I want to lift the front of the bike up a little. I have the smallest tire I could find, a Primo Comet 1.35, in back where I have suspension anyway, and I wanted to get the back of the bike as low as possible.
If you replace your suspension fork with a rigid one, make absolutely sure you don't change the geometry of the frame very much. A regular rigid fork is shorter, so the headset of the bike will sit closer to the ground, effectively changing the frame angles -- very possibly with a detrimental effect.