british road star tom pidcock was announced this Saturday in Scotland mountain bike cross-country world championafter winning Olympic gold in Tokyo’2020.
This is the first world title for Great Britain and for the Ineos rider, who won at the top of Alpe d’Huez in the 2022 Tour de France.
Pidcock ended the streak for the Swiss mountain biking legend Nino Schurter, who at 37 years old is seeking his eleventh world title, but finished only thirdbehind the New Zealander Sam Gaze, silver.
The Frenchman Victor Koretzky remained at the doors of the podium.
The race was marked by a crash and retirement in the first eight laps of Mathieu van der Poelwho cannot be the first rider to win three world titles in the same year, in cyclocross (February), road (last Sunday in Glasgow) and mountain bike.
“My front tire slipped. It was my fault, the disappointment is bigger than the physical damage, it takes away the euphoria of the race victory a bit,” Van der Poel lamented.
This recession will also undoubtedly end your chances of participating in the JJ. YES. Paris’2024despite the fact that an Olympic title is one of the great goals of his career.
The Spanish david valero, aiming for podium places, lost all options when a shoe broke in the first minutes of the race. Valero, world runner-up in 2022 and Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo, fell unapologetically from the leading group. He finished 24th in 3:14 minutes.
Jofre Cullell was 26th in 3:25, David Campos finished 36th in 4:31 and Pablo Rodríguez was 62nd in 7:09.
24-year-old Leeds-born Tom Pidcock will be favorite to defend his title in Paris following his solo victory at Glentress Forest on Saturday. He crossed the finish line with a 19 second lead over Gaze, 34 over Schurter and 43 over Koretzky.
Having narrowly missed out on a podium finish at Les Gets last year, the Yorkshireman, who is also the 2022 cyclocross world champion, has deliberately booked himself into this event by skipping the road race.
He warmed to third place Thursday in short track, a non-Olympic discipline. This Saturday she led the test, giving the Ineos team its second title of the day after French Pauline Ferrand-Prévot’s victory in the women’s race.
Source: La Verdad
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