Tom Pidcock eyes ‘bigger ambitions’ at Tour de France after first stage win

Yorkshireman ranks victory on Alpe d'Huez as his second best achievement after Olympic mountain bike gold

tom Pidcock wins on Alpe d'Huez at the 2022 Tour de France
(Image credit: Michael Steele / Getty)

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.

Pidcock used his off-road honed descending skills to infiltrate the break on stage 11 to Alpe d’Huez and then attacked and dropped his breakaway companions around 10km from the line to claim his first ever stage win at the Tour de France.

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