“The World Cup is not a ranking from which you can simply choose to your heart's content,” the Frenchman said earlier this month. “If a cyclo-cross rider prefers a national competition while there is a World Cup, he will not participate in the next World Cup and therefore also not the cyclocross World Championships. “The World Cup is not a competition where you can choose what you want to ride. “I can see where it’s coming from, but for now, having a World Cup every weekend is super complicated. When I started out in cyclocross it was super special to race a World Cup, because there were only eight.
Source: The Guardian November 27, 2023 19:39 UTC