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Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) scored a come-from-behind victory on the second day of his cyclocross season at the UCI World Cup in Namur, catching and passing Pim Ronhaar (Baloise Trek Lions) on the penultimate lap of the race.
The Briton made his way through the pack having not started on the front row and also had to contend with his chain getting stuck mid-race. However, he still had the strength to make it across to solo leader Ronhaar before making the push to go clear in the lead on lap seven.
His run to the line wasn’t without drama, though, with his front wheel running flat heading into the final lap. Luckily for him, the pits were close by, meaning he only lost a handful of seconds to Ronhaar.
In the end, he extended his advantage out to 15 seconds on one last lap around the technical, muddy course. Further back, Ronhaar’s Baloise Trek Lions teammate Joris Nieuwenhuis rounded out the podium with a solo ride to third at 32 seconds down.
“It wasn’t simple but I can be happy with that,” Pidcock said after the race. “I learned from the last time I raced here that the last laps are where it really counts. If you go too deep in the start you make mistakes in the end and you can lose 30 seconds easily, so I was just waiting and waiting. Then I went, but then I punctured and I…
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