“I want to leave a legacy in cycling" - Tom Pidcock targeting Monument and World Championship glory in 2025

One of the biggest multi-discipline stars in modern cycling, Tom Pidcock has proven himself and taken big wins on the road, in cyclocross and on the mountain bike over the last few years. Ahead of the 2025 season, the INEOS Grenadiers star is intent on making it his most successful year yet.

“I want to leave a legacy in cycling in general," the double Olympic mountain bike champion explains in conversation with Rouleur. "I think having different disciplines definitely helps build you as a rider. The riders coming to road racing, like Thibau Nys, for example, he's one of the best in cyclocross so that helps him be a bigger name on the road too. It helps create that legacy.”

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After balancing road and mountain bike goals in 2024, next year will see Pidcock focus more fully on the road racing side of things. “My training won’t change, it’s not like I’ve been training this year on the mountain bike all the time, I just focused on it because it was the one race I wanted to win this year if I was going to pick any,” Pidcock says. “But I will put a bit more mental energy towards specifically the road. I have more potential on the road. What I said after the Olympics to my girlfriend was that I wanted to try and prove myself there.”

The delicate balancing act of combining many disciplines has brought Pidcock plenty of plaudits, but also some criticism and as he admits himself, might have taken a little something away from his performances on the road. “It's been other things fatiguing me mentally this year,” he explains. “Everyone knows we had a difficult year as a team and I know that they're working really hard for everyone to get to make it better.”

“I think I can win more one-day races almost without any development, I love doing them, they’re my kind of races,” Pidcock adds. “I want to perform in the Classics and the World Championships next year, they’ll be pretty spectacular in Africa. I can’t really pick one Classic but I will try and peak for that period. I haven’t won a Monument yet, I’ve been close – well, second – but that’s a goal.”

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