No stopping Tom Pidcock! Brit stars again on AlUla Tour queen stage to likely secure GC victory

Tom Pidcock has taken the victory on the queen stage of the 2025 AlUla Tour, more than likely securing the overall GC triumph in the process. It is a second stage win in four days for the former INEOS Grenadiers star, starting life at the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team in style.

With the stage and more than likely the GC of the race, all about the final climb, there was always little hope for the breakaway on stage 4. Nevertheless, eight riders got themselves up the road early, including regular attackers of the 2025 AlUla Tour Jens Reynders and Alexandre Vinokurov. At 30km to go, with the final climb looming, just 5 remained in the break, but their advantage was dropping below the one minute mark. Just before the final climb began, the break were swallowed up by the peloton with 10.5km to go. 

Thanks in part due to a lack of teammates around him, race leader Tom Pidcock took the pace-setting into his own hands on the climb, immediately distancing all but Rainer Kepplinger, Alan Hatherly and Eddie Dunbar. When the Q36.5 accelerated again at 9km to go though, all his rivals were gapped as Pidcock sailed clear solo. At the top of the climb, Pidcock was 25 seconds clear, taking 3 bonus seconds for his effort in the GC as well.

With a plateau following the climb, it wasn't victory just yet for Pidcock. At 5km to go though, the Brit was still 26 seconds clear of a chase group including Dunbar, Hatherly, Kepplinger and Johannes Kulset. The chasers were working well together though, and into the final 2km, the gap was cut to 17 seconds. There was no catching Pidcock though and the double Olympic gold medallist held on to take victory ahead of Hatherly in 2nd and Kepplinger 3rd.