Tom Pidcock
Nationality: British
Date of birth: July 30 1999
Team: Ineos Grenadiers
Twitter: @tompid
Instagram: @tompidcock
Tom Pidcock is a 21-year-old rider from Leeds in West Yorkshire who rides for the British WorldTour super-team, Ineos Grenadiers.
Pidcock's professional road career started with Team Wiggins where he raced for two years before joining Trinity Racing to focus on cyclo-cross and under 23 races.
But it was in 2021 where the British rider made the expected move to WorldTour team, Ineos Grenadiers where he signed a three-year contract.
In 2017 though Pidcock had already shown his real potential when he won the junior individual time trial at the World Championships in Bergen, Norway as well as several other top results in the junior rankings.
In 2018 Pidcock made his first starts at both the Tour de Yorkshire and Tour of Britain, performing better at the latter with a very solid 17th place overall.
2019 was one of Pidcock's most impressive years, winning races like the U23 Paris-Roubaix and Tour Alsace as well as some brilliant rides including getting third in the U23 World Championships in Yorkshire, top results at the Tour de l'Avenir, with a few interesting results in the U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège where he got 26th and then fifth at the Rutland-Melton Cicle Classic.
2020 was of course a tricky one, as it was for all riders, but he still put on some incredible displays at just four races.
Making his elite debuts in both the World and European Championships where he took 42nd and 55th respectively.
He also took fourth in the U23 European Championships time trial.
The biggest win in 2020 however was surely the overall, mountain standings and three stage wins at the U23 Giro d'Italia, also taking second on another stage.
Pidcock made his debut for Ineos Grenadiers at the Tour des Alpes-Martimes et du Var, only managing 86th, 81st and 37th over the three stages, finishing 52nd overall.
His second race saw him go on the attack but not feature in the finish of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad as he finished 55th.
But it was the day after at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne where he showed that he has a lot of promise, taking third in a small bunch sprint behind former world champion, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo).
A week later Pidcock made his Strade Bianche debut where the young star managed an amazing fifth place behind winner Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), and 2020 winner Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), beating some of the worlds best at the Italian one-day Classic.
Pidcock is down to compete in a full Classics campaign and also should be making his Grand Tour debut at the Vuelta a España.
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Tom Pidcock wheelies across finish line as he dominates mountain bike World Cup race
The 22-year-old won in Albstadt in his first mountain bike race since the Tokyo Olympics
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Tom Pidcock set to return to mountain biking as he skips Giro d'Italia
22-year old riding mountain bike event in Germany this weekend instead of lining up in Budapest
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Could Tom Pidcock's recon ride of cobbles prove he's racing Tour de France?
Pidcock explored parts of the Tour de France cobbled stage on Monday despite originally being scheduled to start the Giro d'Italia
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'Maybe we need to lose a few races so we don’t get too confident' - are Ineos Grenadiers the form Classics team?
Brabantse Pijl performance saw the team win race for second year in a row, with three in top five
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Tom Pidcock: 'Of course I want to try to win the Tour de France'
After signing new contract with Ineos Grenadiers, British rider says he can lead wave of young riders at team
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Tom Pidcock signs new five-year contract with Ineos Grenadiers
Deal will see British world cyclocross champion stay at Ineos until at least 2027
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Tom Pidcock's stomach problems could impact his Classics season
Ineos Grenadier rider failed to make the final of his second Milan-San Remo on Saturday
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Bradley Wiggins: Tom Pidcock 'is going to be a force to be reckoned with this year'
Pidcock admits he's still learning the ropes of leading a team after Opening Weekend
By Ryan Dabbs • Published
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Tom Pidcock and Ethan Hayter lead Ineos Grenadiers squad for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
British team names strong lineup for first Classic of the season
By Adam Becket • Published