Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel deserve big CX appearance fees, says British champ

British national champion says Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel receive high appearance fees for a reason

Cameron Mason
(Image credit: Alex Whitehead / SWpix)

Cameron Mason, the newly crowned British national cyclo-cross champion, has said that the top cyclo-cross riders like Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert deserve their big appearance fees.

The fees paid to the star riders on the European cyclo-cross circuit have been criticised in recent weeks by other riders on the start-line who have said they have to race for free because there is not enough money to go around.

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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.