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"A sunny cross in January is a perfect scenario" - After thumb up from Pidcock and Van der Poel, Benidorm remain hopeful in adding Van Aert to startlist
CyclocrossThursday, 30 November 2023 at 17:30
With the three biggest stars of cyclocross having now revealed their calendars, both Tom Pidcock and Mathieu van der Poel are confirmed for Benidorm in January. Although Wout van Aert hasn't given the thumbs up to the cross just yet, race director Pascual Momparler remains hopeful.
"The best in the world are participating, proof that a sunny cross in January is a perfect scenario," a delighted Momparler says gleefully in conversation with Esciclismo. "Van Aert, however, makes it depend on the first crosses on his calendar. He wants to see how he gets through the Christmas period."
Securing the trifecta of cyclocross superstars would be a big win for Benidorm and as such, Momparler is going to do everything in his power to try and convince the Belgian. "Van Aert will be in Alicante with the Jumbo-Visma team by then, and he will take his cyclocross equipment with him," he explains. "We will all have to push him a little to convince him to participate in Benidorm. To say goodbye to his cyclo-cross season in this way."
"We are fortunate that we can now get the three best riders in the world to compete. That may no longer be possible in a few years," Momparler concludes, referencing the fact that this year, the Benidorm cross also an added challenge. "We want to put on a show, with a course that includes a more difficult climb. This way the race will be more split and not stay together for too long. It gives the attackers the opportunity to drive away."
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- I counted 16 riders under 24 out of 43 that started. Once was only 16 ! Two of the top riders are Zoe and Schreiber and both under 23 yet that have done 50 min races in the past with the elites so I think it's just bad clock management. Let them race 50 freakin' minutes! One more lap could have made a big dffierence most times in the podium and winner.frieders319-11-2024
- He needs to finish out his contract and then go hit MTB and Cross/Gravel really hard, that's where his heart is.awp18-11-2024
- Pidcock is starting to sound like Froome now.Sweep18-11-2024
- I think this was because there were junior women in the race. If a race has junior women am pretty sure it has to be less than 45 minutes. I believe a rule is coming in for next season that will fine organisers that don't put on a junior women's race a fine equivalent to the prize money. So fingers crossed we should see more longer elite and junior women's races from next season.NorrisHippocampe18-11-2024
- Of course he CAN. Big salary in cycling is not when you win but when they talk about you (and your team / sponsors). For every news about Jonas, MVdP or Wout there are 10 times more(!) news about Pidcock (like everyday for last 2 months?). Since cycling is advertising sport not competitive sport (in terms of from money comes from) Pidcock is winner and GOAT - change my mind. ;-)averagecyclist18-11-2024
- Why do the women CXs keep getting short changed with the length of theor races? They could have easily done another lap to put them at 50 minutes which is their time limit. Yet another CX race where they fail to reach this when they had a chance to. Come on ... the math isn't that hard to figure out lap times and divide into 50 min!frieders318-11-2024
- All pro cyclists are massively underpaid! The amount of riding and physical exertion they put their bodies through is crazy compared to other sports. I can't think of any other sport where you are physically active at a very high level of power output for hours on end each day.Pogboom17-11-2024
- When I was working for Starkist/Heinz my manager quit. So the next week my group was put under another manager. During our first meeting he asked if there was anything we needed to tell him. I said that I would be out the following week on vacation. He said "I don't know if I can let you go on vacation". I replied, "You can't tell if I can go. You can only tell me if I can come back".Sweep17-11-2024
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- What a mess there :-)
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