Rider Profile
Tom Pidcock
Ineos Grenadiers
![Tom Pidcock](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SymHnXvpPMiNREBCgnwcrQ-320-80.jpg)
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2024 - Ineos Grenadiers
- 2023 - Ineos Grenadiers
- 2022 - Ineos Grenadiers
- 2021 - Ineos Grenadiers
- 2018 - Team WIGGINS
Biography:
Tom Pidcock proved himself to be one of the most multi-disciplinary riders of his generation in 2022 when he won both the elite men's UCI Mountain Bike World Championship title in Scotland after earlier in the season winning the UCI Cyclocross World Championship in Arkansas. On the road that same year, Pidcock competed in his first Tour de France and won the stage to Alpe d'Huez by beating four-time Tour winner Chris Froome, and won Strade Bianche and landed podiums in Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Amstel Gold Race.
The Tokyo Olympic Games Cross-country MTB gold medalist, he has at all levels across cyclocross, taking UCI Cyclocross World Championship titles in the junior, under-23 and elite men's races (2017, 2019, 2022, respectively). He also won a men's junior time trial at the UCI Road World Championship in 2017.
Pidcock began his professional cyclocross career with the Telenet team in 2017. After winning the Paris-Roubaix junior men's race the same year, it was clear he would have a brilliant future. He reached an agreement to break his contract with his cyclocross team to join a new team built around him by his management company Trinity Racing.
He raced with the Wiggins-Le Col squad, scoring another Paris-Roubaix victory in the under-23 race before the team folded in 2019, then, racing with Trinity, won three stages and the overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia (Baby Giro) amid the COVID-19 pandemic cancellations. He won the under-23 race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships as well as the new e-MTB championship.
Ineos Grenadiers signed Pidcock for the 2021 season and he quickly established his promise as a Classics racer, taking podiums in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne and the Amstel Gold Race, and winning De Brabantse Pijl. He completed his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a España that year. In the same summer, Pidcock also raced UCI Mountain Bike World Cups, coming from behind to win the round on Nové Mesto and then going on to win the Olympic Games cross country event in the rescheduled games in Tokyo.
Key results
2023
🥇 Strade Bianche
2022
🥇UCI Cyclocross World Championship, elite men
🥇UCI MTB XCO World Championship, elite men
🥈Liège - Bastogne - Liège
2021
🥇 Olympic Games XCO Men in Tokyo
🥇 Tour de France 2022 stage 12 on Alpe d'Huez
🥇 De Brabantse Pijl
🥈 Amstel Gold Race
2020
🥇UCI MTB XCO World Championship, under-23, e-MTB
2019
🥇 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, U23
Related Articles
![Tom Pidcock in the Cyclocross World Champion's jersey](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L6WivYvwUegZxUCW5rfc9D-320-80.jpg)
Tom Pidcock confirms cyclocross calendar and four-race Christmas clash with Van der Poel and Van Aert
By James Moultrie published
News 'Big three' to face off at X2O Trofee Koksijde and World Cup rounds in Antwerp, Gavere and Hulst
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Tom Pidcock recons gravel stage of the 2024 Tour de France
By Daniel Ostanek published
News Briton joined by Ineos teammate Laurens De Plus to check out gravel roads around Troyes
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No Cyclocross Worlds for Tom Pidcock as Briton plans limited winter campaign
By Daniel Ostanek published
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Tom Pidcock targets Olympic mountain bike gold and Tour de France in 2024
By James Moultrie published
News 'It's going to be on the limit, it's not going to be easy, but I'm giving myself the best chance'
![Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) competing at a muddy MTB World Cup in Andorra](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WLb4hfPB53eB2jnV28YoQC-320-80.jpg)
Tom Pidcock wraps up season with XCO win at Mont-Sainte-Anne MTB World Cup
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Nino Schurter claims ninth overall XCO World Cup season win, prevails despite tough start and chain drops
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Mathieu van der Poel joins elite riders testing Paris Olympics MTB course
By Jackie Tyson published
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What type of rider is Pidcock? 'I don't have to choose, do I' says new MTB world champion
By Laura Weislo published
News Briton says last-minute UCI rule change was 'outrageous', plans to keep combining off-road and WorldTour
![Tom Pidcock in action in the 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships short track race](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qB4mcZ29phpGPUid9yx8To-320-80.jpg)
Tom Pidcock 'crashed me out' - Luca Schwarzbauer's MTB Worlds XCC medal chance ended by late crash
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I know he is Tom Pidcock and he is a superstar but this still doesn’t give him the right to do that' says German rider
Blogs
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A proper women's race – Historic day in Emporia at Unbound Gravel
Extended gaps around women's start end with unprecedented sprint finish though 'it’s still imperfect, but it’s the best we can do for now' -
Road prep and adapting to new rules as Life Time Grand Prix begins at Fuego XL mountain bike event
Lauren De Crescenzo uses The Growler for confidence boost ride ahead of prestigious off-road series -
'Untapped gold' in store for inaugural RADL GRVL in South Australia
Nathan Haas calls gravel course 'raw, fast, exciting' after pre-ride with co-founder Valtteri Bottas -
UCI Gravel Worlds - new course, same criticisms cast doubt on event
Nathan Haas hears feedback from fellow riders on course elevation being 'selective without being stupid' -
Nathan Haas blog: We need to talk about the Unbound mud pit
Was it wrong to not re-route the course?