For the first time in his career, Cameron Mason will begin the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup campaign as one of the favourites to take the opening race win. The 12-round series begins on Sunday in Tábor, Czechia, and the Scotsman will start on the back of a streak of form that has earned him two second-place finishes in a season in which he has regularly fought for the podium.
Though the Koppenbergcross at the start of the month was the first of those second places, last weekend was the best yet for the Seven Racing rider. On Saturday in the Telenet Suprprestige in Merksplas, the 25-year-old battled to a determined fifth place, later admitting to slightly overdoing it off the front early in the race.
