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Pidcock will set own targets for Tour de France
Great Britain's Tom Pidcock before winning gold in the men's elite cross-country Olympic race during day ten of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships at Glentress Forest, August 12, 2023
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TOM PIDCOCK will not let anyone else tell him what a successful Tour de France will look like this summer.
Pidcock’s stage win on the Alpe d’Huez defined his Tour debut in 2022, but last summer he cited the lack of a clear goal after fading in the second half of the gruelling 21-stage race, finishing 13th overall.
The Olympic mountain bike champion aims to one day win the Tour, but that ambition is some way off for a rider who admits right now he is built for one-day racing, not targeting the general classification in major stage races.
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