Are the Pros Changing Gravel Events for the Rest of Us?

As the popularity of dusty and muddy races has grown, more and more top-level athletes have been coming to the start lines. With money and sponsorships at stake, how will the events, from on-the-course tactics to post-race vibes, be affected?
Gravel has grown throughout the past few years. There are more bikes for taking on rough routes. Those machines, as well as other gear for gravel, have become more refined. As for gravel races in North America, you have the long, big events such as Unbound Gravel, probably the most popular of them all, to smaller . . .