Te mortuo heres tibi sim?
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Because as some others have alluded to, many of the upper level and world cup races are fast, fast courses, with much less hard technical riding involved then smaller series and many local races. And in comparison to the trails that many of us ride for fun rather than racing.
Caveat: there are some very techy XC courses out there, but they seem to be the exceptions.