Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Professional Biking) claimed his second continental title, successful the boys’s mountain bike cross-country gold on the European Championships in Melgaço, Portugal, on Sunday.
He secured his second European title, having made historical past as the primary Briton to win in Munich in 2022, the identical yr he claimed the world championship crown.
The reigning Olympic Champion within the XCO self-discipline crossed the road with a time of 1:21.02, 36 seconds forward of compatriot Charlie Aldridge (Cannondale Manufacturing facility), who took second. Denmark’s Simon Andreassen (Orbea Fox) rounded out the rostrum in third place.
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As soon as once more, identical to he received two weeks in the past on the UCI Cross-country Olympic World Cup competitors in Pal Arinsal-Andorra, Pidcock labored his method from a deprived place to the highest 10 by the top of the primary lap.
Midway by way of the nine-lap race, Pidcock had made it to the entrance, becoming a member of and taking up from a solo Aldridge. The pair didn’t keep collectively lengthy, as Pidcock powered away on the fifth lap to flawlessly race to victory.
For the primary half of 2025, Pidcock targeted on the highway, with a heavy schedule of Spring Classics adopted by the Giro d’Italia, the place he completed sixteenth total in Q36.5’s maiden Grand Tour look.
Taking benefit that his crew was not invited to the Tour de France, he then turned his consideration to mountain biking this July. In his first race again on the grime in a single yr, the 25-year-old took his first XCO win in Andorra, competing in a white and gold skinsuit to pay tribute to his Olympic title.
He continued his successful methods in Portugal, this time sporting Crew GB skinsuit.
