there have always been World Cups that have had low entries, be that through time of year or cost.
Its still an international race and you stil heve to be good to get good points.
what crap! All the women will get points whether good or not once they can manage to finish the course!
that said, I don't think that should take away from the GB women's results who were almost all in the top half where they were competing against some of the best!
As for the men - how come the Austrian runner in 18th place got through? Was there some sort of protest/problem etc...?