A third-place finish was achieved by Tom Pidcock in the Exact Cross Loenhout. In the final moments, the Brit could not compete against Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel.
"It was nice to still be there in the last straight," he said in the post-race interview. He did not have the best start but somehow managed to reach the front and join others. "I immediately shot out of my click pedal. Somehow, though, I was quickly back with the first riders and after the first bridge I was in the wheel of Van Aert and Van der Poel."
Because of the muddy conditions, he was forced to walk on the sixth lap in order to avoid crashing but lost his position in the leading group. "I kept losing a lot of time in the mud after that, I was really stuck a lot today. At the other points in the course, I was good though and could keep up with the rest," said Pidcock.
After briefly falling behind, he managed to reclaim his position but ultimately found himself unable to sustain his momentum as the competition reached its climax, trailing behind as the final lap drew to a close. "It was nice to still be there. However, I no longer believed in victory. Third place was the highest possible today," concluded Pidcock.
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- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
- How can you use a photo post incident to judge the incident itself (which is not hard to find if you’re prepared to invest the same amount of time in searching as writing that comment? It’s harsh but technically right even though this or worse is not always sanctioned in every race. The two things that went against MS (who unfortunately for her would still have won without making her mistake) are that it was not a bunch sprint where there could have been an overlooked incident or mitigating circumstances explaining a deviation. Everything was focused on just those 2, Schreiber was riding beautifully balanced which made her sudden deviation look unnatural stroke as if it could have been in some part intentional whilst she was slowly drifting ever closer towards the barrier to a point that would have reached obstruction level. In her defence, it might have been the realisation she was heading towards that that made her react suddenly and caused the deviation involuntarily. In any case, congratulations to her for the ride of her life, in people’s minds she will be credited for it.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Good boy Obviously doesn’t need that much help dealing with pressure, as some have suggested. Wiser (and humbler) than many far further along their careers. About offering him the moon, recently someone came up with an explanation of the downfall of a football great (either referring to Maradona or Portuguese Ronaldo) saying it was kind of normal after coming back from the moon, except that others, including some who actually did go to the moon like Armstrong (Neil in case anyone is too switched off to realise) didn’t go through any of the same motions after coming back. A lot of how you deal with situations has less to do with the situation than with your character.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
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Another thriller of a CX race sees @tompidcock come home 3rd in Loenhout. The world champ showed real resilience to keep coming back, taking it down to the final sprint. The same too for @FERRANDPREVOT, finishing just outside the top 10 earlier despite a nasty Boxing Day crash
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