You have to take any journo's opinion with a large pinch of salt as their impartiality is less than trustworthy. After all, they are flown out to some exotic warm location, pampered, wined, dined and accommodated in very decent hotels and then provided with bikes that are very often tuned differently to the production models. I'd be more inclined to trust the opinion of one of the many independent vloggers on YouTube who are not beholden to the manufacturers.