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The 6 Cyclocross races where we will see a battle between Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock
CyclocrossWednesday, 29 November 2023 at 12:30
The Cyclocross season is in full steam between the seasoned pros, but in the upcoming weeks a new phase begins. The 'big three' will return to the field, and all three will take part in 6 different races. Here is where Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock will match up.
All three have busy schedules on the road - and mountain biking with the exception of van Aert - and so all three take up reduced schedules in the discipline. Pidcock and van Aert specially, they will not race the World Championships as they look to focus on other goals throughout the season, whilst van der Poel will likely be the main favourite for the rainbow stripes.
After the two legends of the sport announced their schedules in the last few weeks, this Wednesday morning INEOS Grenadiers revealed Pidcock's. It includes 10 races, 6 of which he will face his two main rivals. Last year he won in Kortrijk and Boom but never directly beat his rivals. As most of his racing takes place in the Christmas block, he inevitably finds the duo.
These are the races in which the 'big three' will all take part in:
23/12: World Cup Antwerp
26/12: World Cup Gavere
30/12: World Cup Hulst
04/01: X20 Badkamers Trofee Koksijde
07/01: World Cup Zonhoven
21/01: World Cup Benidorm
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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
- :-)Sweep17-11-2024
- What a mess there :-)
DareDevil17-11-2024