Tom Pidcock delays cyclo-cross season start

British cyclo-cross champion Tom Pidcock got his 2020 road season under way at the European Championships in late August
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2020 Cyclo-cross World Championship runner-up Tom Pidcock will delay the start of his reduced cyclo-cross season, skipping this Sunday's Superprestige in Merksplas, Belgium, and picking up at the Tabor World Cup in the Czech Republic on November 29, according to Het Nieuwsblad.

The British rider, who took a surprise silver medal in the elite Worlds race behind the Netherlands' Mathieu van der Poel in his first attempt, has decided to put in more training to prepare for the races, having come back from a late post-road season break.

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