UCI Mountain Bike World Championships: Tom Pidcock solos to elite men's Olympic cross-country world title

UCI Mountain Bike World Championships - Val di Sole, Trentino, Italy - Cross-country Olympic (XCO) - Men Elite - Thomas Pidcock (Great Britain) wins to become World Champion — Tom Pidcock celebrates his victory (Image credit: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

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Britain’s Tom Pidcock surged from the fifth row of the grid to win the elite men’s title at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships at Vale di Sole in Italy on Sunday. It was the second rainbow jersey for the two-time Olympic champion after his 2023 world title in Scotland.

Pidcock powered away from compatriot Charlie Aldridge on the penultimate lap to take the victory, crossing the line 17 seconds ahead of second place. Canada’s Cole Punchard took third 31 seconds behind the winner.

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“I knew there was a course that you really couldn't overpace yourself, and you had to ride within your limit. And I crashed pretty bad in practice on Friday, and my back was hurting from the first lap. I really couldn't go any harder, so I'm lucky that the pace I could hold was good enough to get to the front, and then last two laps I had to push whatever I could and see if I could try and stretch that gap before a final sprint. Yeah that was a pretty hard race.”

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Pos	Rider	Time
1	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Great Britain	1:25:26
2	Charlie Aldridge (GBr) Great Britain	0:0:17
3	Cole Punchard (Can) Canada	0:0:31
4	Martin Vidaurre Kossmann (Chi) Chile	0:0:59
5	Adrien Boichis (Fra) France	0:1:06
6	Mathis Azzaro (Fra) France	0:1:47
7	Dario Lillo (Swi) Switzerland	0:1:54
8	Filippo Colombo (Swi) Switzerland	0:2:02
9	Fabio Püntener (Swi) Switzerland	0:2:04
10	David List (Ger) Germany	0:2:08
11	Jordan Sarrou (Fra) France	0:2:15
12	Luca Martin (Fra) France	0:2:20
13	Simone Avondetto (Ita) Italy	0:2:27
14	Mathis Guay (Fra) France	0:2:30
15	Luca Schätti (Swi) Switzerland	0:2:34
16	Jens Schuermans (Bel) Belgium	0:2:50
17	Jofre Cullell Estape (Spa) Spain	0:2:58
18	Vlad Dascalu (Rom) Romania	0:3:06
19	Bjorn Riley (USA) United States	0:3:20
20	Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Switzerland	0:3:37
21	Juri Zanotti (Ita) Italy	0:3:44
22	Maximilian Foidl (Aut) Austria	0:3:47
23	Luca Schwarzbauer (Ger) Germany	0:3:52
24	Luca Braidot (Ita) Italy	0:3:53
25	Tobias Lillelund (Den) Denmark	0:3:55
26	Maximilian Brandl (Ger) Germany	0:4:09
27	Ondřej Cink (Cze) Czechia	0:4:32
28	Simon Andreassen (Den) Denmark	0:4:36
29	Samuel Gaze (NZl) New Zealand	0:4:39
30	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Netherlands	0:4:40
31	Julian Schelb (Ger) Germany	0:4:49
32	Leon Reinhard Kaiser (Ger) Germany	0:4:54
33	Marcel Guerrini (Swi) Switzerland	0:4:55
34	Riley Amos (USA) United States	0:5:17
35	Ulan Bastos Galinski (Bra) Brazil	0:5:25
36	Lennart-Jan Krayer (Ger) Germany	0:5:29
37	Christopher Blevins (USA) United States	0:5:50
38	Logan Sadesky (Can) Canada	0:5:58
39	Joshua Dubau (Fra) France	0:6:15
40	Mario Bair (Aut) Austria	0:6:19
41	Vital Albin (Swi) Switzerland	0:6:29
42	Alex Junior Malacarne (Bra) Brazil	0:6:31
43	Alan Hatherly (RSA) South Africa	0:6:37
44	Jan Zatloukal (Cze) Czechia	0:6:44
45	Sondre Rokke (Nor) Norway	0:6:48
46	Pierre de Froidmont (Bel) Belgium	0:6:52
47	Luke Moir (RSA) South Africa	0:7:06
48	Mats Tubaas Glende (Nor) Norway	0:7:06
49	William Handley (Nor) Norway	0:7:26
50	Tomer Zaltsman (Isr) Israel	0:8:09
51	Krzysztof Łukasik (Pol) Poland	0:8:45
52	Agustin Duran (Arg) Argentina	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Anton Cooper (NZl) New Zealand	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Tyler Orschel (Can) Canada	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Gustavo Xavier de Oliveira Pereira (Bra) Brazil	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Michael Foster (RSA) South Africa	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Carter Woods (Can) Canada	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Ivan Aguilar Villegas (Mex) Mexico	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Christopher Dawson (Irl) Ireland	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Jan Sáska (Cze) Czechia	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Nelson Peña Franco (Col) Colombia	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	David Domingo Campos Motos (Spa) Spain	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Juan Ignacio Goudailliez (Arg) Argentina	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Luca Ruwiel (RSA) South Africa	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Johan van Zyl (RSA) South Africa	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Riki Kitabayashi (Jpn) Japan	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Ignacio Gallo Florido (Chi) Chile	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Patrick Pescaru (Rom) Romania	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Roberto Ferreira (Por) Portugal	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Evgenii Evgrafov (Rus) Russia	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Col) Colombia	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Roberto-Dumitru Burta (Rom) Romania	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Oleksandr Koniaiev (Ukr) Ukraine	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Gonçalo Amado (Por) Portugal	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	João Cruz (Por) Portugal	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Nicolas Martin Soto (Chi) Chile	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Farzad Khodayari Ref Refugee Cycling Team	Row 76 - Cell 2
DNF	Sebastian Fini Juul (Den) Denmark	Row 77 - Cell 2
DNF	Filippo Fontana (Ita) Italy	Row 78 - Cell 2
DNF	Adair Zabdiel Gutierrez Prieto (Mex) Mexico	Row 79 - Cell 2
DNF	Jose Gerardo Ulloa Arevalo (Mex) Mexico	Row 80 - Cell 2
DNF	Tom Schellekens (Ned) Netherlands	Row 81 - Cell 2
DNS	Knut Røhme (Nor) Norway	Row 82 - Cell 2
DNS	Gunnar Holmgren (Can) Canada	Row 83 - Cell 2
DNS	Victor Koretzky (Fra) France	Row 84 - Cell 2

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