Maybe it's a bit stale, but one thing I find interesting is at Gavere, how Pidcock cracked Van Der Poel. If you look not at one particular feature, but the whole section between getting off the S/F pavement and Pit One, how Pidcock gapped Van Der Poel (and everyone else) in that section, forcing Van Der Poel to chase extra hard on that running section and afterwards. This also played into Pidcock's decision I would imagine to use Pit one not only because it gave a cleaner line into the descent, but if he was going to lose time changing in the pit, he usually had a cushion there. In any case, Pidcock was amazing on that section. Van Der Poel having to constantly chase took it's toll.
Maybe it's a bit stale, but one thing I find interesting is at Gavere, how Pidcock cracked Van Der Poel. If you look not at one particular feature, but the whole section between getting off the S/F pavement and Pit One, how Pidcock gapped Van Der Poel (and everyone else) in that section, forcing Van Der Poel to chase extra hard on that running section and afterwards. This also played into Pidcock's decision I would imagine to use Pit one not only because it gave a cleaner line into the descent, but if he was going to lose time changing in the pit, he usually had a cushion there. In any case, Pidcock was amazing on that section. Van Der Poel having to constantly chase took it's toll.