Rider Profile
Tom Pidcock
Ineos Grenadiers
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2025 - Ineos Grenadiers
- 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 back in the fold as Ineos Grenadiers plan for 2025
By Stephen Farrand published
News Team gathers in Manchester to reset and reboot after staff shake-up and a poor 2024 season
'He stays at Ineos' - Tom Pidcock's transfer to Q36.5 is off (at least for now)
By Stephen Farrand published
News After a summer of transfer talk Yorkshireman could be staying at Ineos Grenadiers in 2025
'It's just messed up' - teammate Geraint Thomas delivers verdict on Tom Pidcock crisis at Ineos Grenadiers
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Controversy erupts around Pidcock's late 'deselection' from Il Lombardia line-up despite top form
'It was a management decision and that's their right' - Ineos Grenadiers respond after Tom Pidcock's Il Lombardia non-selection
By James Moultrie published
News 'It can be a performance decision, and in this case, it was a management decision' says DS Zak Dempster with Brit's future plunged into doubt
'I am deselected' - Tom Pidcock to miss 2024 Il Lombardia
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Briton not on definitive startlist for final Monument of the year as Arensman heads up Ineos Grenadiers squad
Il Lombardia 2024 - Analysing the contenders
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
Analysis As stand-out favourite and World Champion Tadej Pogačar takes on all comers, Cyclingnews looks at some of the key names to follow
'You don't need to be 100% to win the Worlds, it's a lottery' – Tom Pidcock back racing but not at his best for road race
By Stephen Farrand published
News '2025 will be a more normal year. I really want to step-up on the road' British rider confirms
Tom Pidcock to lead British team for UCI Road World Championships
By Laura Weislo published
News Olympic medallist Anna Henderson leads elite women's charge in Zürich
Blogs
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Nathan Haas blog: Has the UCI done enough for gravel pros at the Gravel World Championships?
Sponsored gravel riders appear to be losing interest in the rainbow jersey battle -
Lauren De Crescenzo and her tough decision to miss UCI Gravel World Championships
In her own words, the gravel star explains the complex picture of the Gravel World Championships for the US team -
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