MTB legend and international playboy Cedric Gracia will not be racing the full World Cup circuit this year. According to a recent interview with Dirt Magazine pullbacks in sponsor budgets mean that he can't attend every event. Additionally his contract with prominent sponsor Commencal has been scaled back and will only be a single season deal. You know the brands are being hit hard when top talent like Cedric can't pull together adequate budgets. Read the rest of the interview here.