Briton Tom Pidcock, who prefers to focus on preparing for the road season, will not defend his cyclo-cross world title on February 5 in Hoogerheide (Netherlands), his coach announced on Belgian television Sporza. ” Tom wants to have a successful Spring Classics season and is completely focused on that goal “, said Kurt Bogaerts on the sidelines of the cross Baal (Belgium), Sunday, January 1. The Ineos rider will still compete in a cyclo-cross this season but it will not be the Worlds, according to Bogaert. “ We talked about it and it turns out that it is not possible to combine the cyclo-cross world championships with the preparation for the road season “, explained the Belgian coach. In the absence of Pidcock, the world title should therefore be played between the two other members of the “Big 3”, the Belgian Wout Van Aert and the Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, who have already announced their participation.
Tom Pidcock will not defend his world title
