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 (Ineos Grenadiers) is hoping to challenge the 'big three' of Van der Poel, Van Aert, and Pogacar on Sunday](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CJq72GEjkvaTUa648SBkCc-320-80.jpg)
'I can either follow or I can't' – Pidcock cautiously optimistic about Flanders
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
news Briton aiming to do battle with 'big three' in Flanders finale
![The top favourites for Sunday's Tour of Flanders – Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, and Tadej Pogacar](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BCEfwnXqQp3AmXuDxnDwj8-320-80.jpg)
Tour of Flanders favourites - The big three and the best of the rest
By Barry Ryan, Patrick Fletcher published
Analysis Who can challenge Tadej Pogacar, Wout van Aert, and Mathieu van der Poel?
![Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) on the podium after winning Strade Bianche](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/thndo2vud9graKALThQpyM-320-80.jpg)
Tom Pidcock: The goal is to be the best I can be at the Tour of Flanders
By Barry Ryan published
News Briton takes 11th at Dwars door Vlaanderen on return from concussion
![ALTO DA FIA PORTUGAL FEBRUARY 16 Thomas Pidcock of United Kingdom and Team INEOS Grenadiers competes during the 49th Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta 2023 Stage 2 a 1863km stage from Sagres to Alto da Fia 888m VAlgarve2023 on February 16 2023 in Alto da Fia Portugal Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9noFhiZp4JSYAeB2FWyU7f-320-80.jpg)
Pidcock and Ganna bolster Ineos squad for Dwars door Vlaanderen
By Patrick Fletcher published
News Yorkshireman returns to the Classics after concussion, Italian overcomes knee concerns
![2023 Strade Bianche - Tuscany, Italy - Tom Pidcock, Ineos Grenadiers, on his way to victory.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GbDG5SLRx4QgREKMiDovJ6-320-80.jpg)
Tom Pidock cleared to race after recovering from concussion
By Stephen Farrand published
News Yorkshireman misses E3 Saxo Classic as Ganna leads after Milan-San Remo breakthrough performance
![Tom Pidcock after his Strade Bianche victory](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LCfEamhZQtVx3Qv9WzVmQ7-320-80.jpg)
Tom Pidcock out of Milan-San Remo with concussion
By Stephen Farrand published
News Strade Bianche winner to be 'rested for a prescribed period'
![Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) at Tirreno-Adriatico prior to stage 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pfVK4vW4SHuhWZgp8Abik8-320-80.jpg)
Tom Pidcock takes aim at Milan-San Remo after Strade Bianche success
By Stephen Farrand published
Interview 'I now know what I’m capable of achieving' says Ineos Grenadiers leader
![Tom Pidcock at Tirreno-Adriatico](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SwSD9KN4DfbSSFQ43f9VN3-320-80.jpg)
Tom Pidcock crashes out of Tirreno-Adriatico
By Patrick Fletcher published
News Strade Bianche winner came down early during final stage and climbed into team car
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