168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Pidcock played down expectations ahead of his cyclocross season debut and he was proven a𒁏ccurate, crashing and finishing in sev🌠enth place at the Superprestige event in Merksplas on Sunday. 

The multi-discipline star was168澳洲5最新开奖结果: making his first appearance since becoming world champion in the USA back in January, but had warned there m👍ight not be any immediate fireworks in the rain♛bow jersey.

Noting that he usually takes a couple of weeks to get up to speed, Pidcock indeed appeared a little rusty on a cold and technical 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Merksplas course. 

"It was beetje moeilijk," Pidco🍎ck said in his post-race TV interview, showing off his Flemish language skills in a phrase that means "a bit difficult". 

Pidcock started strongly enough, riding much o𝔍f the race in a stalwart gro꧂up of contenders. Laurens Sweeck took flight early on and was never seen again, and Lars van der Haar went clear in pursuit, but Pidcock was part of a battle for third place for the first half of the race. 

However, he started to lose ground on ❀the fifth of eight laps, and any hope of a top result disappeared when he sli🍷d out on an innocuous-looking section ahead of a staircase. 

"It was maybe not the best race t🍌o start with," Pidcock said of the technical Merksplas course. "On the corners I was losing so much time. My level was OK, but I was losing time in a lot of places."

He once again showed off his Flemish, calling it "a Laurens Sweeck presentatie" - or exhibition - before declaring himself content 🧔with 𒈔his own showing. 

"I crashed, and there were just a few too many mistakes, but I'm happy. I waꦅs not bad."

In any case, Pidcock got his cyclocross ♕campaign und♏erway with the rainbow jersey on his shoulders and a custom white and rainbow Pinarello underneath him. 

"It was good to wear the jersey. All the public were supporting and that wa♏s nice. Even if I wasn✅'t in the front, it was nice to be wearing these colours again after quite a few years.

"To win in this jersey would be ni𓄧ce," 🌱he added. 

He'll have another opportunity at the World Cup in Overijse on Sunday, after wꦑhich his task is complicated by the return of four-time world champion Mathieu van der Poel next weekend, and three-time world champion Wout van Aert the weekend after th💯at. 

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Pidcock's bike

As well as the rainbowꦇ jersey, Pidcock𝓀 was also debuting his new special-edition world champion's bike. 

Pinarello developed its first performance cyclocro𒉰ss bike, the Crossista F, last year ahead of Pidcock's first 'cross campaign with Ineos Grenadiers. 

He rode a naꦓvy British champion's version last season but he now has a new paintjob to celebrate his status as world champion. 

The frame is white, with rainbow flashes on the fork and seat tube. T🌠he colours app🎐ear in a jagged formation on the fork and at the rear between the stays. 

The top tube also features a thin strip of rainbow colour, along with the motto 'play your cards right', which once again accompanies an image of 🅷playing cards within his eye-line. 

It appears Pidcock has made no major changes to his set😼-up, choosing Shimano Dura-Ace groupset and wheels, which are paired with Challenge Grifo tubular tyres that also feature a rainbow pattern on the tan wall. 

Tom Pidcock's Pinarello Crossista F full bike specifications

• Frameset: Pinarello Crossista F
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace R9170 Di2 11-speed
• Brakeset: Shimano Dura-Ace R9120 hydraulic disc
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace C40 carbon tubular
• Tyres: Challenge Grifo tubular (choice may vary on the day)
• Cockpit: Most Talon one-piece bar and stem
• Saddle: Fizik Arione 00
• Pedals: Shimano XTR