Tom Pidcock will miss the upcoming races due to illness

Today's X2O Koksijde Trophy was going to be one of the last opportunities of the season to see the three greats of cyclocross compete together, but it will no longer be so after the withdrawal due to illness of the British Tom Pidcock.

Tom Pidcock will miss, at least, the next two races on his schedule

Without confirmation from the rider or his team, INEOS Grenadier, it was the organizers of the X2O Koksijde Trophy who announced Pidock's withdrawal due to illness: "We received an email this afternoon from Tom Pidcock's team. The Briton is sick and will not start"

Despite the absolute dominance of Van der Poel during this cyclocross season, Tom Pidcock is being another of the main protagonists both in results and in performances through important comebacks in the race. Despite some health problems, Pidcock won the World Cup in Namur and made it to the podium in Herentals, Gavere and Diegem, but in the World Cup in Hulst, at the end of the year, he came in 25th position and that could have been the definitive signal to decide to take a break and recover.

With Pidcock's withdrawal and the announcement of Van Aert not to compete in Zohoven, only the World Cup in Benidorm, on January 21, remains as the last opportunity to see the three compete together this season.