Tom Pidcock is really settling into life at the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. For the second time in three days, the Brit proved strongest of the pack in the Saudi hills to take another stage win and increase his lead in the general classification.
With the stage coming down to one explosive climb in the finale, Pidcock, thanks in part due to a lack of teammates around him, took the pace-setting into his own hands and stormed away from all his rivals, summiting around 30 seconds clear. "Offence is the best form of defence sometimes," he reflected in his post-stage interview afterwards. "Coming into this race I was told that it's normally a tailwind on this climb but now it's a headwind and it was a long eight [final] kilometres."
After the climb, a short plateau also gave Pidcock much to think about. "There were four guys behind, I don't know how well they were working, but on your own along there, you can't go out of the saddle at 50 kmh. So it was a long way," he notes. "But I'm really happy, I extended the lead and it gives us a bit of a buffer going into tomorrow."
1 | Pidcock Tom | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 14 | 03:09:46 |
2 | Hatherly Alan | Team Jayco-AlUla | 5 | + 12 |
3 | Kepplinger Rainer | Bahrain Victorious | 3 | + 12 |
4 | Kulset Johannes | Uno-X Mobility | + 12 | |
5 | Dunbar Edward | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 16 | |
6 | Pesenti Thomas | Soudal Quick-Step | + 24 | |
7 | Azparren Xabier | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 24 | |
8 | Fancellu Alessandro | JCL Team Ukyo | + 24 | |
9 | Delbove Joris | Team TotalEnergies | + 24 | |
10 | van der Meulen Max | Bahrain Victorious | + 24 | |
11 | Dversnes Fredrik | Uno-X Mobility | + 24 | |
12 | Bregnhøj Mathias | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 24 | |
13 | Voisard Yannis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 24 | |
14 | Jegat Jordan | Team TotalEnergies | + 24 | |
15 | van den Broek Frank | Team Picnic PostNL | + 24 | |
16 | Uriarte Diego | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 24 | |
17 | Iribar Unai | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 24 | |
18 | Pericas Adria | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 24 | |
19 | Holter Ådne | Uno-X Mobility | + 24 | |
20 | Majka Rafal | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 24 | |
21 | van Uden Casper | Team Picnic PostNL | + 50 | |
22 | Buratti Nicolò | Bahrain Victorious | + 50 | |
23 | Fedorov Yevgeniy | XDS Astana Team | + 50 | |
24 | Bjerg Mikkel | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 50 | |
25 | Thalmann Roland | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 50 | |
26 | Stockwell Oliver | Bahrain Victorious | + 50 | |
27 | Castellon Jan | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 50 | |
28 | Vinokurov Nicolas | XDS Astana Team | + 50 | |
29 | González Abner | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 50 | |
30 | Aznar Hugo | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 50 | |
31 | de Bod Stefan | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 50 | |
32 | Kulset Magnus | Uno-X Mobility | + 50 | |
33 | Van Rooy Kenneth | Wagner Bazin WB | + 01:51 | |
34 | Van Hautegem Leander | Wagner Bazin WB | + 01:51 | |
35 | Garibbo Nicolo | JCL Team Ukyo | + 01:51 | |
36 | Elosegui Iñigo | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 01:51 | |
37 | Kuzmin Anton | XDS Astana Team | + 01:51 | |
38 | Grellier Fabien | Team TotalEnergies | + 01:51 | |
39 | Johnston Calum | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 01:51 | |
40 | Raccani Simone | JCL Team Ukyo | + 01:51 | |
41 | Carrascosa Pablo | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 01:51 | |
42 | Leijnse Enzo | Team Picnic PostNL | + 01:51 | |
43 | Hopkins Dylan | Roojai Insurance | + 02:22 | |
44 | Basset Pierre-Henry | XDS Astana Team | + 02:22 | |
45 | Desal Cériel | Wagner Bazin WB | + 02:22 | |
46 | Zukowsky Nickolas | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 02:22 | |
47 | Eyob Metkel | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 02:22 | |
48 | Sorarrain Gorka | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 03:17 | |
49 | Abrahamsen Jonas | Uno-X Mobility | + 03:17 | |
50 | Walscheid Max | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 04:00 | |
51 | Kristoff Alexander | Uno-X Mobility | + 04:00 | |
52 | Haquin Henri-Francois | Wagner Bazin WB | + 04:00 | |
53 | Degenkolb John | Team Picnic PostNL | + 04:00 | |
54 | Ibanez Javier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 04:00 | |
55 | Alabdulmunim Abdulaziz Azzam | Saudi Arabia | + 04:00 | |
56 | Cahyadi Aiman | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 04:00 | |
57 | Leroux Samuel | Team TotalEnergies | + 04:00 | |
58 | Märkl Niklas | Team Picnic PostNL | + 04:00 | |
59 | D'Amato Andrea | JCL Team Ukyo | + 04:00 | |
60 | Dauphin Florian | Team TotalEnergies | + 04:00 | |
61 | Al Shaikhahmed Ali | Saudi Arabia | + 04:00 | |
62 | Azanza Ibai | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 04:00 | |
63 | Pasqualon Andrea | Bahrain Victorious | + 04:00 | |
64 | Warlop Jordi | Soudal Quick-Step | + 04:00 | |
65 | Reinders Elmar | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 04:00 | |
66 | Darder Sergi | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 04:00 | |
67 | Van Lerberghe Bert | Soudal Quick-Step | + 04:00 | |
68 | Mikutis Aivaras | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 04:00 | |
69 | Mezgec Luka | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 04:00 | |
70 | Merlier Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | + 04:00 | |
71 | Kobayashi Marino | JCL Team Ukyo | + 04:00 | |
72 | Bastiaens Ayco | Soudal Quick-Step | + 04:00 | |
73 | Ravbar Anze | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 04:00 | |
74 | Romele Alessandro | XDS Astana Team | + 04:00 | |
75 | Jassas Ali | Saudi Arabia | + 04:56 | |
76 | Phonarjthan Patompob | Roojai Insurance | + 06:48 | |
77 | Gamper Patrick | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 06:48 | |
78 | Groenewegen Dylan | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 06:48 | |
79 | Frison Frederik | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 06:48 | |
80 | Liepins Emils | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 06:48 | |
81 | Rosli Aiman | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 06:48 | |
82 | Wallin Rasmus Bøgh | Uno-X Mobility | + 07:01 | |
83 | Reynders Jens | Wagner Bazin WB | + 07:01 | |
84 | Vervenne Jonathan | Soudal Quick-Step | + 07:01 | |
85 | Vangheluwe Warre | Soudal Quick-Step | + 07:01 | |
86 | Brustenga Marc | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 07:01 | |
87 | Babor Daniel | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 07:30 | |
88 | Koishi Yuma | JCL Team Ukyo | + 07:30 | |
89 | Boniface Lucas | Team TotalEnergies | + 07:30 | |
90 | Vinokurov Alexandre | XDS Astana Team | + 07:30 | |
91 | Marcerou Nicola | Team TotalEnergies | + 07:30 | |
92 | Oliveira Ivo | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 07:30 | |
93 | Gonov Lev | XDS Astana Team | + 07:30 | |
94 | Molano Sebastian | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 07:30 | |
95 | Quick Blake | Roojai Insurance | + 07:30 | |
96 | Alfairouz Jehad | Saudi Arabia | + 07:30 | |
97 | Mohd Shabri Muhammad Haizam | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 07:30 | |
98 | Yamamoto Masaki | JCL Team Ukyo | + 07:30 | |
99 | Miltiadis Andreas | Roojai Insurance | + 07:30 | |
100 | Aiman Shahmir | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 07:30 | |
101 | Bruttomesso Alberto | Bahrain Victorious | + 07:35 | |
102 | Weemaes Sasha | Wagner Bazin WB | + 09:54 | |
103 | Alkulaif Alhur | Saudi Arabia | + 09:54 | |
104 | Moschetti Matteo | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 09:54 | |
105 | Parisini Nicolò | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 09:54 | |
106 | de Kleijn Arvid | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 09:54 | |
107 | Jakobsen Fabio | Team Picnic PostNL | + 09:54 | |
108 | Almuhanna Bader | Saudi Arabia | + 09:54 | |
109 | Erzen Zak | Bahrain Victorious | + 09:54 | |
110 | Zijlaard Maikel | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 09:54 | |
111 | Kolze Changizi Sebastian | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 09:54 | |
112 | Barbier Pierre | Wagner Bazin WB | + 09:54 | |
113 | Richards Kane | Roojai Insurance | + 09:54 | |
114 | Saenta Tanawat | Roojai Insurance | + 09:54 | |
115 | Thimachai Kongphob | Roojai Insurance | + 17:11 |