Good morning, welcome back to The Leadout. I hope you’re well on this cold November Tuesday. It feels so far from the road season at the moment that it’s time to talk about that wintry sport: cyclo-cross. Remember, if you aren’t already, subscribe to this newsletter. Email me on [email protected] if you’d like to chat.
Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock are the fifth, sixth, and 14th best cyclo-cross riders in the world, according to the UCI’s ranking, but they are the big three, the trio which dominate the discipline, when they take to the start line. No one else has won a World Championships since 2014, and wins tend to be shared between van der Poel and van Aert especially, whenever they take part.
