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Tom Pidcock will not defend the 2023 Cyclocross World title

Tom Pidcock will not defend his cyclo-cross world champion title in Hoogerheide (Netherlands) on February 5th.

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1 January 2023

Tom Pidcock wins at Boom in the 2022 superprestige - ©Eurosport/GCN

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.

van aert - van der poel - pidcock — It won't be a cyclo-cross world championship with all 3 protagonists at stake

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.

Written by David Finetto

ppgad@pucrs.br I am passionate about everything that has 2 wheels: in my youth I practiced competitive cycling on the road and on the track with good results. At the age of 18 I moved to cross country competing at national/international level as U23. Once I passed Elite, I made the choice to take things easier from the training point of view, and that's how my love for gravity disciplines was born, training as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made my passion my profession by managing 3 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way, everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube 'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').