There was a sense of déjà-vu for Tom Pidcock at the Clásica Jaén on Monday. Just like on the opening day of the Vuelta a Murcia two days prior, he had shown immense strength, but victory had already escaped him due to a combination of his own mistakes and the strength of the UAE Team Emirates squad.
Pidcock, who missed Tim Wellens’ race-defining bridge to the breakaway in Murcia while he was taking a gel on board, suffered a similar setback on Monday when the peloton split at the moment he was trying to remove his jacket.
