Cycling: After Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert has now canceled his participation in the cyclocross world championships. This means that the World Championships in Fayetteville will take place without the two probably strongest crossers in the world.
Pidcock new top favorite for the world title
"If two don't come, the third one is happy." The current situation regarding the cyclocross world championships in Fayetteville, USA, looks something like this. Because after Mathieu van der Poel has now too wout van aert announced that they would not compete at the World Championships at the end of January. The Dutchman is unable to compete due to an intractable back injury, while the Belgian prefers the classics season on the road. With that, the Brit moves thomas pidcock automatically in the favorites role.
Wout van Aert:
“It is always a difficult decision to miss such a great race. But my goals are also in spring and that’s what I’m concentrating on now.”
🎙 @WoutvanAert 🇧🇪 announces he will skip the CX World Championships 🌈 in Fayetteville…
"I'm aiming to win a monument in the spring..."
"We think it's better to finish my 'cross season after the Nationals this Sunday and afterwards focus on the road races." pic.twitter.com/uh6Sti3igR
— GCN Racing (@GcnRacing) January 5, 2022