Tom Pidcock wins E-MTB title at UCI MTB Worlds

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The podium (l to r): Jerome Gilloux, Tom Pidcock, Simon Andreassen(Image credit: Rob Jones)

Tom Pidcock won the E-MTB event at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Austria on Wednesday, soloing to victory 35 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor in the second year of the event.

Pidcock came into the race having won both U23 World Cup XCO races last week. Simon Andreassen (Denmark), winner of an Elite World Cup a week earlier, made a similar surge to take the bronze medal, 14 seconds out of silver.

"The downhill sections were super tricky," said Pidcock, "and it was just a matter of getting down them safely and try not to crash. I tried to make my time on the uphills. This win gives me a lot of confidence [before the U23 XCO on Friday]. Winning here and last week gives me confidence for Friday."

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Results
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Thomas Pidcock (GBr)	1:01:41
2	Jérôme Gilloux (Fra)	0:00:35
3	Simon Andreassen (Den)	0:00:49
4	Martino Fruet (Ita)	0:01:21
5	Joris Ryf (Swi)	0:02:49
6	Charlie Mullins (USA)	0:03:39
7	Jeroen Van Eck (Ned)	0:04:13
8	Jürg Graf (Swi)	0:04:20
9	Matthew Lombardi (RSA)	0:05:54
10	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	0:06:32
11	Simon Vitzthum (Swi)	0:06:52
12	José Borges (Por)	0:07:00
13	Gustav Wildhaber (Swi)	0:07:12
14	Alexandre Cure (Fra)	0:07:32
15	Andreas Moser (Swi)	0:07:49
16	Tiago Ladeira (Por)	0:08:12
17	Ursin Spescha (Swi)	0:08:26
18	Kjell Van den Boogert (Ned)	0:09:31
19	Sven Nys (Bel)	0:09:55
20	Ovidiu Tudor Oprea (Rom)	0:10:18
21	Lubos Stano (Svk)	0:10:36
22	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita)	0:10:47
23	Matthias Alberti (Ger)	0:12:14
24	Gialuca Furlani (Ita)	0:12:37
25	Albert Guenter Erich Morgen Junior (Bra)	0:16:35
26	Charles Murray (NZl)	0:18:48
27	Martin Knapec (Svk)	Lap
28	Jakub Varhanovsky (Svk)	Lap
29	Benjamin Vibert (Fra)	Lap
30	Simone Fabbri (Ita)	Lap
31	Jean Pierre Bruni (Fra)	Lap
32	Natan Patrois (Fra)	Lap
33	Nat Ross (USA)	Lap
Row 33 - Cell 0	Julien Absalon (Fra)	DNF
Row 34 - Cell 0	Kenta Gallagher (GBr)	DNF
Row 35 - Cell 0	Erick Eduardo Bruske (Bra)	DNF
Row 36 - Cell 0	Vittorio Gambirasio (Ita)	DNF
Row 37 - Cell 0	Jochen Käß (Ger)	DNF
Row 38 - Cell 0	Michael Lenherr (Swi)	DNF
Row 39 - Cell 0	Andrea Garibbo (Ita)	DNF
Row 40 - Cell 0	Jack Reading (GBr)	DNF
Row 41 - Cell 0	Alan Hatherly (RSA)	DNS
Row 42 - Cell 0	David Harrison (USA)	DNS
Row 43 - Cell 0	Gábor Cser (Hun)	DNS
Row 44 - Cell 0	András Szatmáry (Hun)	DNS

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