De Cauwer also had warm words when reflecting on the wider success Pidcock has continually achieved throughout his career. "If we look at Pidcock's career: Olympic mountain bike champion, cyclo-cross world champion, many great victories on the road... This is another finishing touch," de Cauwer praises.
"It is three years to the day since Pidcock won his first road race: the Brabantse Pijl," adds de Cauwer's Sporza companion,
Karl Vannieuwkerke. "Somewhat symbolic."
One man absent from the finale though, was world champion,
Mathieu van der Poel. "No, but there was also Quinten Hermans' fall and Gianni Vermeersch's abandonment. That's two men less," de Cauwer explains of the quieter performance by Alpecin-Deceuninck. "Hermans was still able to return and did some of his work, but still. It was all just a little less."