The British Tom Pidcock, Olympic mountain bike champion and world cyclocross championthe Belgian Wout Van Aert and the Dutch Mathieu van der Poel They will meet in a three-way style duel next Sunday in a test of World Cup of cyclocross in Antwerp.
This will be the first meeting between the best in cyclo-cross, also rivals in road cycling, and Van Aert’s first attempt at the mud specialty this winter.
The 23-year-old Pidcock claimed his first victory in his cyclocross world champion rainbow jersey achieved in Fayetteville in January at the X20 Trofee Kortrijk – Urban Cross in Belgium this past Saturday.
For his part, Mathieu van der Poel put in a great performance in 27th to take his first victory of the winter campaign in Hulst.
“I don’t have the weight or strength of Mathieu and Wout-. It’s hard to beat them, but I’ll try. Hopefully the rainbow jersey will help a bit,” Pidcock said.
Source: La Verdad
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