Pidcock

The mountain bike Olympic champion from Britain attacked on the ascent, and his frenetic pace up the legendary 21 hairpin bends was too fast for his breakaway ...

After spending the day harassing the two-time champion with relentless attacks, Vingegaard finally dropped his Slovenian rival in the last climb of Stage 11. Pidcock beat the record of Colombia's Lucho Herrera, who was 23 when he won on Alpe d'Huez in 1984. For his first day in the yellow jersey, Vingegaard finished three minutes, 23 seconds behind Pidcock to keep his overall lead intact.

The 22-year-old is happy being compared to the Tour's biggest names after 'ridiculous experience' of winning stage on Alpe d'Huez.

“I’ve been feeling better and better, and have been wanting to target a stage like today,” the four-times Tour winner said. “I have no regrets today. His mountain biking came in handy, and there were a few points where I backed off because he was pushing the limits. “Tom seemed like the strongest in the group,” Froome added. “I just have become very used to riding a bike in situations where it’s on the limit of control,” he added. “I’ve won a stage of the Tour so I’m pretty satisfied.

Britain's Tom Pidcock says his record-breaking debut Alpe d'Huez stage win has "made my Tour de France", revels in beating "legend" Chris Froome up iconic ...

Of course, despite his youth, Pidcock already has some serious achievements to compare with today's record-breaking ride. Yeah, that's one of the best experiences of my life I think...That was certainly one of my best experiences in cycling – that was unreal. at the head of the race? I guess I’ve just become very used to riding a bike and handling it in situations where it’s on the limit of control. I always took a detour through the woods. "It’s made my Tour de France. Even if I get dropped on every other day now I don’t care.

Rookie Tom Pidcock won stage 12 of the Tour de France with an precocious performance on an iconic mountain on Thursday.

"Okay I'm here to learn but I compare myself to Wout and Pogacar," he said of Wout van Aert the world's No.1 one-day racer, and Tadej Pogacar the double defending Tour de France champion. I mean, I've learnt a hell of a lot but after this I have bigger ambitions in this race for the future. "I would put this win as second best win, behind the Olympics, but ahead of the cyclo-cross," said the Yorkshireman at the finish line.

Tom Pidcock said he now has “bigger ambitions” at the Tour de France in the future after claiming his maiden stage win in his first ever Tour.

“Then me and Chris Froome are riding across to the break in the Alpe d’Huez stage of the Tour de France. Pretty cool.” I’ve become very used to riding a bike and handling it in situations where its on the limit of control.” Asked to unpack his descending prowess Pidcock attributed it to years of riding off road on the edge of what traction his tyres would offer. Pidcock had been marked to go in the break from before the stage on the team bus. Speaking after the stage he said: “I'm ambitious, I'm here to learn and I've learned a hell of a lot. The plan had been, Ineos Grenadiers sport director Steve Cummings said, to try and follow big groups to avoid spending any energy in the headwind but the only big group was the peloton.

'It's made my Tour de France so far, even if something happens and I get dropped every day, I don't care' says Ineos Grenadiers rider.

He ranked it as second in his achievements behind his 2021 Olympic gold medal in MTB, he said afterwards, "It's made my Tour de France so far. "But thanks to that I've become used to riding a bike and handling it well in situations where you're on the limit of your control. And he gave a detailed explanation of why his descending skills were so well honed from a very young age. He helped to whittle it down from nine to five over the next of the three Hors Categorie ascents, the Croix de Fer, with repeated accelerations. I thought over the top I'd give it a dig and then me and Chris Froome (Israel-Premier Tech) were riding across to the break, which was quite cool. "I can't explain what it feels like, you have to just basically pray everyone's going to move out of your way, and that is the most ridiculous experience ever.

ALPE D'HUEZ, France (AP) — In his first Tour de France, 22-year-old Tom Pidcock became the youngest winner of a stage on the iconic Alpe d'Huez mountain ...

Young Brit Tom Pidcock took an emphatic victory on stage 12 ahead of Louis Meintjes and Chris Froome, sampling the Tour's legendary Alpe d'Huez for the ...

But I am ambitious and I have big ambitions in this race, and bigger ambitions in this race for sure after this experience.” “I’ve become very used to riding a bike and handling it in situations when it was on the limit of control, I guess. “G had his glasses back on today so it couldn’t go wrong, could it!” Pidcock joked about the team’s successful day. Then me and Chris Froome were riding across to the break on an Alpe d’Huez stage, that was cool.” “I rode to school every day, I always would detour through the woods. That’s one of the best experiences of my life, I think.”

The mountain bike Olympic champion from Britain attacked on the ascent, and his frenetic pace up the legendary 21 hairpin bends was too fast for his breakaway ...

After spending the day harassing the two-time champion with relentless attacks, Vingegaard finally dropped his Slovenian rival in the last climb of Stage 11. Pidcok beat the record of Colombia’s Lucho Herrera, who was 23 when he won on Alpe d’Huez in 1984. The Jumbo-Visma team leader was in a group including defending champion Tadej Pogacar and 2018 Tour winner Geraint Thomas.

Tom Pidcock attacked at the base of the Alpe d'Huez to win the stage from Louis Meintjes and Chris Froome. Tadej Pogačar attacked, but Jonas Vingegaard had ...

The idea was to get in the breakaway. Since moving to Spain and finding out how to use a computer, he has gone from contributor of Daily Distractions at the 2002 Vuelta a España to editor at PezCyclingNews. The nine seemed to ride together to the top of the second categorised climb of the day. At a good kilometre from the finish, Pogačar once again unleashed his jump, but once again the Danish yellow jersey was quickly in his wheel. They succeeded, at the foot they had 6 minutes on the peloton. The Alpe d’Huez is 13.9 kilometres long and has an average gradient of 7.9%. With 12 kilometres to go, Powless and Froome were dropped for the first time, but both were able to come back. For the 22-year-old rider it was only his second victory in his young WorldTour career on the road. Ciccone and Meintjes joined the six leaders at the front a few kilometres from the top. On the way to the Col de la Croix de Fer, Pidcock and Froome joined the front group, but Louvel had been dropped. It was Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) and Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) who caught the escapees on the slopes of the Col du Galibier. Jumbo-Visma took control at the head of the peloton and set the pace and closed gaps to larger groups that had tried to get away. The peloton was still restless, many riders tried to cross to the front group. Tour de France director, Christian Prudhomme: “There’s a wink to history here as well as a desire to close the Battle of the Alps on a route tailor-made for the best climbers.

World cyclo-cross champions absolutely slaying the Tour de France are like buses: you wait ages for one, then two come along at once. Tom Pidcock became the ...

You could suggest that Pidcock’s youth is also a weapon, that he is too young to have learned fear, but he feels no fear because his understanding of the particular branch of physics that applies to riding a bike down a hill fast is so profound. And another: Tom Pidcock dropping Chris Froome, who once laid the foundations of a Tour de France win on a descent. The north side of the Col du Galibier is probably the harder side to climb, but ride it in the other direction and it offers interesting possibilities for the descender. Most riders leave it to the straights to overtake, because they know the rider they are passing will ride in a straight line. The Brit seemed to be in freefall as he plunged down the descent. And the multitaskers are taking over the Tour. For better and for worse, Tadej Pogačar has been sprinting, climbing, attacking, time trialling and dropping all his rivals on the cobbles; Van Aert has been doing much the same.

Tom Pidcock became the youngest ever winner of a Tour de France stage on the Alpe d'Huez ahead of a rejuvenated Chris Froome while Jonas Vingegaard defended ...

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Watch what happens when an Olympic mountain bike champion attacks on the descent of the Col du Galibier.

On the bike, 30-year-old Josh has been riding and racing since his early teens. Alongside this, his love for WorldTour racing and eagle eyes mean he's often breaking tech stories from the pro peloton too. Pidcock is the current reigning Olympic XC mountain bike champion and elite men's world cyclo-cross champion, so a 17km tarmac descent off the Col du Galibier is probably a walk in the park to him. Just head to the bottom of this article and watch the video. Unfortunately, we don't know what width of tyre Pidcock was using, nor do we know what tyre pressures he was running. His ability to read the road, hit every apex and use every centimetre of the road to gain free seconds was labelled by many as mesmerising.

Former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins has hailed Tom Pidcock's historic Stage 12 win on Thursday as “a big day for British cycling” and that it felt ...

“And there’s only a few riders who can do that, obviously it comes from a cyclo-cross background, Pogacar’s one because he was a national cyclo-cross champion wasn’t he? That’s a big day for him that, that shows he’s still a world-class rider on his day.” Wiggins went on to say that he had run into Froome’s family in the hotel after the stage, and had congratulated him during their Facetime call.

The mountain bike Olympic champion from Britain attacked on the ascent, and his frenetic pace up the legendary 21 hairpin bends was too fast for his breakaway ...

After spending the day harassing the two-time champion with relentless attacks, Vingegaard finally dropped his Slovenian rival in the last climb of Stage 11. Pidcok beat the record of Colombia’s Lucho Herrera, who was 23 when he won on Alpe d’Huez in 1984. Thursday’s battle between the main contenders was less spectacular. The Jumbo-Visma team leader was in a group including defending champion Tadej Pogacar and 2018 Tour winner Geraint Thomas. The daunting 165-kilometer (102.5-mile) Stage 12 from Briancon featured three tough climbs so difficult that they are classified as “beyond category” — the Col du Galibier, the Col de La Croix de Fer and the climb to Alpe d’Huez. You can’t experience that anywhere else other than the Alpe d’Huez in the Tour de France.”

The mountain bike Olympic champion from Britain attacked on the ascent, and his frenetic pace up the legendary 21 hairpin bends was too fast for his breakaway ...

After spending the day harassing the two-time champion with relentless attacks, Vingegaard finally dropped his Slovenian rival in the last climb of Stage 11. Pidcock beat the record of Colombia's Lucho Herrera, who was 23 when he won on Alpe d'Huez in 1984. For his first day in the yellow jersey, Vingegaard finished three minutes, 23 seconds behind Pidcock to keep his overall lead intact.