TOM PIDCOCK stormed back from a front puncture to take a second consecutive Olympic mountian bike gold in dramatic fashion at the Paris Games.

Pidcock’s race was in danger of unravelling when he suffered a flat front tyre on the fourth of eight laps, shortly after he had taken control of the 35km race with an attack which split the pack.

Having fallen 40 seconds behind French hope Victor Koretzky, Pidcock fought his way back to reclaim the lead with a lap and a half to go, but the pair traded blows in the last couple of kilometres — dramatically touching wheels — before Pidcock burst forward to take the win.