He might be a star of road and cyclo-cross but Tom Pidcock claimed the biggest win yet of his already glittering career on a mountain bike on Monday morning, taking gold in the Olympic cross-country race.
The 21-year-old Leeds-born rider, who rides for Ineos Grenadiers on the road, rode away from the competition on lap three of the seven-lap race to win in serene style over Swiss Mathias Flückiger and Spain’s David Serrano in second and third respectively.
After the finish he said: “I’m always better when I take control myself. I take my own lines, my own speed. Once we started I was fine, all the nerves kind of went and I concentrated on the race. I’m happy this [the Olympic Games] is only every four years because it’s stressful.”
Pidcock’s route to the Tokyo Olympics was far from straightforward as he only qualified for the Games in May, before suffering a broken collarbone shortly after when he was in collision with a car while training.
Coach Kurt Bogaerts said: “From the moment he crashed I was calling different surgeons with the team and from my own contacts to get it fixed as soon as possible.” He added surgeons put a “robust” plate in Pidcock’s collarbone because they knew he was doing mountain bike racing.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 29, 2021 من CYCLING WEEKLY.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 29, 2021 من CYCLING WEEKLY.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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