World Champion Tom Pidcock grabs first rainbow jersey win at X2O Trofee Kortrijk in Belgium

Pidcock put in a powerful move to land first win in his cyclo-cross rainbow jersey in the Belgian race

Tom Pidcock
Pidcock in action at the Overijse World Cup
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Tom Pidcock annihilated his competitors to land a sensational first win in his cyclo-cross rainbow jersey, and first win of the cross’ season, at the X20 Trofee Kortrijk - Urban Cross in Belgium this afternoon. 

The current world champion dominated proceedings at the Belgian race to land his first win in the rainbow bands in style, after winning the title in Fayetteville, USA earlier this year.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.