Tom Pidcock is 25 and he’s almost completed cycling. The Yorkshireman is already a world and double Olympic champion on his mountain bike, a world champion on his cyclo-cross bike, and the winner of three classics on his road bike. He’s a world champion on the road too, albeit as a junior. So, barring a sudden pivot to the velodrome, that really leaves only one realm left to conquer.
There is no reason why Pidcock shouldn’t be a sensational stage racer, except perhaps for the fact that his multiple talents have made him hard to pin down. What is Pidcock’s role at the grand tours: stage hunter? General classification botherer? Super domestique?
