Tom Pidcock under fire from cyclocross World Championships organizer after absence reveal: "I find it incomprehensible"
CyclocrossSaturday, 21 January 2023 at 11:33
Tom Pidcock has decided to forego his title defense at the cyclocross World Championships, however that decision has not come too well for the organizers.
Jan Prop, chairman of the organization, told BN/De Stem: "After the cross in Zonhoven there was a peak in ticket sales. It's gone now. We will see. I find it incomprehensible that Tom Pidcock is not participating. After all, he is the defending champion"
The course in Hoogerheide will favour the powerhouse riders and Pidcock, who won in Fayetteville last year, has decided to not attempt to defend his title against the likes of Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel who have been dominating the field over the last few months.
claps 1visitors 1
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- I’m still waiting for anyone to post a path to seeing what you claim to have seen, especially in light of it not making sense. If J was overtaking left before swerving right, how come Pog’s and bike falls to and have momentum going left when he gets pushed to the right???? Not what other footage shows.Mistermaumau17-07-2025
- Cowardly article, should use the occasion to remind us this is tve guy who criticised Pog last year for attacking during vulnerabilities. The world is a better place with people who don’t tow his line.Mistermaumau17-07-2025
- Teejay just reminded us yet another reason he didn't win the TdF...bobo17-07-2025
- American scum. The same guy who failed to wait for his team leader, Cadel Evans, when Cadel punctured in the Tour de Francesimon17-07-2025
- Former Tour de France winner turned armchair DS. Guess he forgot about the incredible ride Wout van Aert did in the Giro this year.itsent17-07-2025
- Johannessen is only to blame. he came from behind Pogi and then cut to the right. The overhead footage makes it very clearabstractengineer17-07-2025
- Scum will do as scum does. Pathetic to threaten people online. Some of these pog fan boys are such losers I swear. All the bandwagon fans that only support the winningest player in each sport. So patheticNomadic1917-07-2025
- Oh shutup. You clearly have never raced a day in your life and you will never achieve 1% of what hell achieve. Even pog said it was just a racing crash. Pog was at fault just as much for not being attentive and going the opposite way to the crowd.Nomadic1917-07-2025
- Another ex rider with an idiotic opinion. Pogi would have come back, maybe remain within 30 s. If he is feeling the effects of the crash, he will crack in the harder stages to follow. There was no need to force it here for bad publicity. Tejay who never ever won the TDF cannot compare himself to Jonas who has already won twice.abstractengineer17-07-2025
- Everyone is saying how much more improved and aggressive Vingegaard is away from the mountains this year. Is there also the possibility that we might see an 'improvement' by Pogačar in the high mountains? Just a thought.Suipedali17-07-2025
You make a course the guy can't win and the guy doesn't go. Why is this shocking?
The course is not particularly relevant. Pidcock has never won a race in which both MVDP and Wout were present. This year I think he has only finished ahead of either of them once. He's really good, but like everyone else, he is just not on their level.
The person who should be concerned about the course itself is Wout. It favors Van Der Poel in every way -- lots of slippery, technical features, almost no mud or running. Van Der Poel has won on this course multiple times, but so far as I can tell Wout never has. If MVDP's back is good, it is entirely his race to lose.