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Alasdair Fotheringham

'The biggest performance of my career' - Tom Pidcock celebrates breakthrough for first Grand Tour podium at Vuelta a España

Tom Pidcock Thomas Pidcock Vuelta Jonas Vingegaard Vuelta a España João Almeida Jai Hindley Madrid
BOLA DEL MUNDO, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 13: Thomas Pidcock of Great Britain and Team Q36.5 Pro Cycling crosses the finish line during the La Vuelta - 80th Tour of Spain 2025, Stage 20 a 164.8km stage from Robledo de Chavela to Bola del Mundo. Puerto de Navacerrada 2253m / #UCIWT / on September 13, 2025 in Bola del Mundo. Puerto de Navacerrada, Spain. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

Exhausted but delighted, Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) was able to celebrate a breakthrough GC success at the Vuelta a España on Saturday as the Briton managed to fend off Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) on the difficult final mountain top finish of La Bola del Mundo.

Pidcock was sometimes seemingly struggling on the rough cement upper slopes of the Bola del Mundo, but he was nonetheless able to hold on despite Hindley's repeated application of the pressure at the front of the red jersey group.

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