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do you like biking ? If you do you must know Tom pidcock he is a TWO TIME OLIMPIC CHAMPION for XC , WINNER OF THE MOST ICONIC STAGE OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE 🇫🇷 and CYCLOCROSS WORLD CHAMPION !!!

•Occupation - Mountain ,road and cyclocross racer

•Born - 30th July 1999 in Leeds,England

•Died - STILL ALIVE

•Best known for - winning the olimpics in 2020 and 2024 winning the most iconic stage of the Tour de France and the cyclocross world champion

EARLY LIFE Tom Pidcock was born on the 30th of July 1999 in Portsmouth ,England he attended roundhay grammar school he started riding at the age of 3! When he was young he was inspired by Bradley Wiggins and mark cavendish at only 7 years old Tom Pidcock started racing he quoted “early years and rose to stardom

He won as an under 18 • British National Youth Road Series: Pidcock won this race in Scarborough four times, starting when he was 14 years old. This race was the last and most difficult race in the series.

La Philippe Gilbert Juniors: Pidcock won this road race by 21 seconds in September 2016.

Superprestige at Zonhoven: Pidcock won this race in October 2016.

UCI junior world cyclo-cross champion: Pidcock won this title in 2017.

Men's junior time trial at the UCI Road World Championship: Pidcock won this race in 2017.

Paris-Roubaix junior men's race: Pidcock won this race in 2017

ADULTHOOD

Tom Pidcock has returned from the Olympics taking home another gold medal in the men's mountain bike race - but what do we know about the Team GB star's personal life? His girlfriend is Bethany Louise Zajac he still lives in Yorkshire

CAREER

After a prodigious junior and under-23 career with World Championship victories in all three of these disciplines, Pidcock turned professional in 2021. Since then his biggest victories have been taking the cross-country mountain bike titles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2023 World Championships, and the 2024 Summer Olympics, only the second man to win back to back Olympic titles; in the cyclo-cross discipline, winning the 2022 Cyclo-cross World Championships, while on the road he has won the prestigious spring road classics, Strade Bianche in 2023 and the Amstel Gold Race in 2024. His best Monument finish was 2nd in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2023. Across all three disciplines, he has won numerous other races, with his biggest victory on the road in his first season being the 2021 Brabantse Pijl road classic. While his early successes on the road have been in classics, in his second season, riding his first Tour de France he took his first Grand Tour stage, winning solo on the climb of the iconic Alpe d'Huez, the youngest rider ever to do so.He is also known for his aggressive descending skills. And his nickname is pidders and his teams are2015–2017 Great Britain Junior Academy 2015–2017 PH-MAS Oldfield/Paul Milnes Cycles 2018–2021 TP Racing 2017–2018 Telenet–Fidea Lions (CX) 2018–2019 WIGGINS (Road) 2021– Ineos Grenadiers

LEGACY

Tom Pidcock is one of the most captivating and talked-about professional bike racers in the current cycling landscape. The British cycling sensation has showcased his prowess across diverse disciplines, from dominating in cyclo-cross to conquering mountain bike races and excelling in road bicycle racing.

FUN FACTS

1.Before moving to the professional ranks, Pidcock won world titles at junior and under 23 level in all three disciplines he competes in.

2. Pidcock has a sausage dog called Chestnut, who has been pictured giving the Yorkshireman a celebratory lick after many of his recent cycling exploits.

3. His first ever race came at the age of seven on the Castle Combe circuit in Wiltshire.

4. Pidcock's first success in a race came with a victory in the British National Youth Road series in Scarborough when he was 14.

5. The 23-year old claims that he's never experienced a hangover! According to Pidcock, he's only had alcohol a few times in his life.

6. His favourite climb in his home county of Yorkshire is the Otley Chevin.

7. After a powerful solo attack on the Carrefour de l'Arbre, Pidcock won Paris-Roubaix juniors in 2017.

8. After a spell with Trinity racing, run by agent Andrew McQuaid, Pidcock joined the Ineos Grenaders WorldTour team.

9. As well as all of his other bikes, Pidcock can ride a unicycle.

10. You will no doubt already know that he took mountain bike gold at the Olympics in 2021, although did you know he became European mountain bike champion a year later in Munich, Germany?

11. Prior to that famous win at the Tokyo Olympics, Pidcock broke his collarbone in early June 2021, less than two months before the race in Tokyo. Thanks to miraculous work from his surgeon, Pidcock was back on the bike in a matter of days.

12. Pidcock is one of the few pro cyclists to have a Red Bull contract, although he only wears it in his off-road stuff.

13. In March 2022, Pidcock signed a new contract with his current team which will keep him at Ineos until at least 2027.

14. As well as alcohol, Pidcock also doesn't drink coffee.

15. His brother, Joe, is also a pro-cyclist and currently rides for his elder brother's old team, Trinity Racing.

16. At the last count, Pidcock has between 60 and 70 pairs of Oakley sunglasses, now Ineos are sponsored by SunGod, that might have changed.

17. Pidcock had two of his teeth rebuilt after a heavy crash at the Tour de l'Avenir.

18. in 2023, Pidcock featured on the "Descent Disciples" YouTube channel, with an absolutely terrifying ride down Tuna Canyon in Los Angeles. Descent Disciples ||Vol 13|| Tom Pidcock vs. The Fish - YouTube Watch On

19. Pidcock's Father, Giles, is a former professional cyclist and still very active within the sport today.

20. He has an app available for smart phones called LinkMyRide, which Pidcock set up with a former teammate.

21. He currently has a house in Andorra which he is in the process of revovating. 86.12.107.217 (talk) 06:48, 25 October 2024 (UTC)