Info @Gazzetta_it - sources confirmed us that @Q36_5ProCycling is interested to sign @tompidcock (now with @INEOSGrenadiers) already for 2025. 'It's possible' a source close to swiss team told us @cycling_podcast Talks ongoing at this stage
BOMBSHELL! Tom Pidcock could be on his way out of INEOS Grenadiers and joining Swiss ProTeam
CyclingSaturday, 05 October 2024 at 13:39
INEOS Grenadiers still have a contract with Tom Pidcock for several more seasons but it is quite noticeable that the relations are not as bright as in the past. Whilst he became Olympic MTB champion once again, on the road he has been far from the expectations and far from giving the value of his huge salary. There are credible reports that a transfer already this winter could potentially happen...
The Olympic Mountain Bike champion, who is also one of the biggest talents in cycling at the age of 25, has many suitors in the market... This Friday Gazzetta dello Sport's Ciro Scognamiglio and Daniel Friebe have both written that there is a very big interest from ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team to sign the Briton. As pointed out by Benji Naesen, the team owner recently bought the Pinarello bike brand which sponsors INEOS; and is a personal sponsor of Pidcock alongside Red Bull.
"Sources confirm to us that Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team is interested in signing Tom Pidcock for the 2025 season," Scognamiglio writes. "A source close to the Swiss team told us that 'it's possible'. Talks are already underway at the moment." This rift between Pidcock and INEOS has seemingly been fixed over the past couple of months, but before the Tour de France it seemed to be stronger than ever as Pidcock said that only he chose which goals he would have at the Tour. Later on he would retract these words; but didn't play a role in the race as he abandoned after also not showing good form; not racing for the overall classification but also not being able to put much work into the team's GC goals.
The bombshell would be tremendous. Pidcock would go from being one of the biggest names in one of the strongest teams in the World Tour, to the two-year old Swiss team that is looking to reinforce itself into next season. Tudor has signed Marc Hirschi, Julian Alaphilippe and is said to be on the brink of announcing Kasper Asgreen; but it seems like it's fellow Swiss team has equally high ambitions of signing big figures.
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