Tom Pidcock, the current cyclo-cross world champion, won't fight to defend his jersey: the goal is to do well in the spring road classics and therefore it's not compatible with his training schedule. Recall that Pidcock has already participated in 13 cyclo-cross races (winning 2): cyclo-cross season started in November where he finished 2nd behind Sweeck at the Superprestige.
After seeing several spectacular races with exciting duels between Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock, we all dreamed of a World Championship with the 3 phenomena at the start but that won't be the case.
We are now waiting for the confirmations of Wout Van Aert and Mathieu Van Der Poel, hoping to see a duel between these 2 champions without the Briton playing third wheel.
