Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Tuesday December 17, 2024 at 12:20 p.m.
Freshly transferred to the colors of the Q36.5 team, Tom Pidcock (25 years old) has decided to skip the cyclo-cross season. The young Briton, world champion in 2022, announced on Tuesday that he would not race this winter.
No cycling for Pidcock this winter. The Briton announced on Tuesday that he would not compete in the cyclo-cross season. This parenthesis had become a habit every year for the Leeds native since his arrival in the professional peloton. Exceptionally, Tom Pidcock will nevertheless deviate from his usual schedule this winter. “I watched my first cross of the season on Sunday and it reminded me that I should probably officially announce that I will not be racing cyclo-cross this season,” the 2022 cyclo-cross world champion posted on Tuesday on its various social networks. His very recent transfer, under the colors of the Swiss team Q36.5 after three seasons spent defending the Ineos Grandiers jersey, obviously explains this paradoxical desire of the double Olympic cross country champion (in Tokyo in 2020 and this summer in Paris in 2024) – he had also been world champion in 2023 – to skip this period that he usually loves so much.
Pidcock is already looking forward to next winter
The person concerned, determined to make his mark alongside his new teammates and to acclimatize as quickly as possible to this new working atmosphere, readily admits. “With so many changes, I want to make sure I have time to settle into a new environment to get to know my new team and my teammates well,” explains the climber who finished 13th in the Tour de France in 2023 (his best result) but who had to throw in the towel during the Grande Boucle during the last edition. The Briton, who competed in eight races last season and won in Namur, however intends to return to the specialty of his first love as quickly as possible. The proof: Pidcock is already planning to meet in winter 2025. “My plan for the moment is to return to the field next year!”, assures the winner of the Alpe d’Huez stage on the 2022 Tour.
