For seven years, van der Poel and van Aert shared the titles among themselves. However, after the Dutchman had decided not to travel to the USA due to back problems and the Belgian van Aert, who is concentrating on the road season, the way was clear for Pidcock on the 3.2-kilometer and technically less demanding course. The Brit pulled away on the fourth of nine laps and won by a margin of 30 seconds.
Meisen had to let go in the first lap. However, a front placement was not to be expected anyway. Since the world championship title in 1992 and second place a year later by Mike Kluge, Germany has hardly played a role in cross cycling anyway.
dpa
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Status: 01/30/2022, 22:57