Tag: GC contender
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Who Is Tom Pidcock? From Leeds to Olympic Gold and a Tour de France GC Bid
Curated by Gary Edgington · Rider News Most professional cyclists spend a career mastering one discipline. Tom Pidcock has conquered three. The Yorkshireman is a double Olympic mountain bike champion, a cyclocross world champion, and the winner of some of road cycling’s most storied races — and at the 2026 Tour de France, he is…
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What Is a Domestique? Cycling’s Selfless Riders, Explained
Watch any big bike race and most of the riders on your screen are not trying to win. They are fetching water bottles, blocking the wind, chasing down attacks, and — if things go badly — handing over a wheel at the roadside. These are the domestiques, and professional cycling does not function without them.…