I think Jons standup was for leg 1 because he said face off in Toronto.
Leg 1 was all Toronto
Leg 2 is international
Agree to disagree, I guess. The wording of that, although not an exact quote from the person, made it sound very different to me. The remainder of that quote could have just as easily been "11 teams face off in the 2nd leg of the greatest race this country has ever seen". (a line he used repeatedly in S2) I prefer not to get too comfortable arguing if it was 11 or 12 teams at the start. Remember last season and Jenn and Shawn? We will know soon enough. However, one other possible explanation is a start-line elimination, and I don't even want to think about that.