After his provisional disqualification at the WTCS Final in Pontevedra left the outcome of the world title in the balance, Miguel Hidalgo and the Brazilian team have successfully appealed against the ruling.
As a result, he has been awarded his 6th place.
Those that finished behind, such as Csongor Lehmann, Matthew Hauser and Tyler Mislawchuk, have all been demoted one place. Hayden Wilde has also been relegated a place from 9th to 10th, extending his deficit to Dorian Coninx, the new world champion.
In the end, Coninx won the race which meant that Wilde essentially had no shot at winning the title from his position, regardless of Hidalgo’s disqualification.
However, Esteban Basanta Fouz’s disqualification for the same offence in the men’s U23 race remains in place. The Spanish athlete finished 4th but was disqualified for not following the bike course.
For Hidalgo, his 6th place provides the icing on the cake for an impressive season. He sealed 11th place overall in the WTCS standings and was the top man from the Americas. Alongside his Pontevedra result, he logged top-8 finishes in Paris (8th) and Hamburg (7th).
As the youngest man in the top-25 in the world and the only man born in the 21st century in the same group, Hidalgo will be one to watch over the coming years.
