Cameron Mason follows in Tom Pidcock's wheel tracks at the Superprestige: 'Only one option today'

Mason got off to a rough start, but steadily worked his way up to the front of the pack. When Michael Vanthourenhout and Joran Wyseure ran into trouble, it was up to him to do his thing.

"Lots of mud—a real mud race today. It's finally my turn to win. I'm really happy," said the Scot, who spends his winters in Belgium, during the flash interview.

Mason becomes the first British rider to win a Superprestige since 2022. Who was the winner back then? One Tom Pidcock. There are worse wheel tracks for the young Scot to be following. 

"Today was the first time I knew I could win even before the race. That's what's changed," said Mason, who finished sixth in Zeddam.

"There were flat tires, there were crashes...," Mason noted as well. “I just tried to focus on my race. I rode a race on Sunday that could have earned me a medal. I knew what was possible on Sunday, but for some reason, it didn’t work out. In my mind, there was only one option today: to win,” he concluded.

The cyclocross World Cup heads to his native Scotland in December—for a sold out round, no less. Mason's form couldn't be peaking at a better time.