Tom Pidcock reveals disrupted morning before Milano-Sanremo: “I got woken up this morning by people being noisy in the hotel”

Tom Pidcock is preparing to race Milano-Sanremo for the first time with his new team, Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, and the British star is brimming with quiet confidence ahead of the 2025 season’s opening Monument.

Speaking to Cycling Pro Net before the start, Pidcock admitted his race-day morning got off to a slightly frustrating start although it hasn’t shaken his mindset.

“Yeah, I feel okay. I got woken up at like 6:00 a.m. this morning by people being noisy in the hotel but apart from that, yeah, great,” he said with a wry smile. “That’s not that good then, but the night before doesn’t really matter, so it’s fine.”

While the weather has been unsettled, Pidcock isn’t reading too much into the forecast. With a tailwind expected along the Ligurian coast, he’s predicting a fast and aggressive race.

“Yeah, it’s not too bad, the weather really. I mean, at the moment I think we can expect a few showers and things on the way and then the coast it should be okay. And then we kind of expect about a big tailwind so it will go fast once we get down to the coast, I think.”

Asked about how the dynamics might unfold, Pidcock pointed to UAE Team Emirates as the obvious force capable of shaping the day, and suggested most of the peloton will be forced to respond rather than dictate.

“Yeah, I mean they’re really the only team that has the strength to do that. So that’s fully what everyone expects, you know, and we kind of just have to go along with their plans and make the best out of it from there.”

With confidence in his legs and motivation to match, Pidcock isn’t shying away from ambition. Could this be the day he claims his first Monument?

“Yeah, I do. Yeah, I think I am definitely in good shape. I’m motivated. I want to win and… yeah, we’ll see. It’s obviously a difficult race to win just because you put time in doesn’t mean that it’ll work. But yeah, we’ll see.”