Tom Pidcock settles for second place in a reduced sprint: "I found an opening, but I was a little too far back"
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Tom Pidcock returned to podium in today's stage of Tirreno-Adriatico. The Q36.5 Pro Cycling rider didn't waste too much energy on the decisive climb of the day amd instead saved his matches for the reduced sprint in Foligno.
Before that riders had to complete a grueling journey through cold and rain: "It was definitely a day to remember with almost seven hours in the rain. Then it becomes a day where it’s a lot about survival," Pidcock said of the course of today's stage.
Thanks to his teammates, Pidcock always had a VIP seat at the front of the group. "The guys did a really great job in getting me in the right position for that final climb. It was a bit more of a race up there than I thought."
Filippo Ganna and Mathieu van der Poel tried to light up the race as reduced peloton neared the top of HC category climb Valico di Colfiorito, however everything came together at last moment for a 50-headed sprint were Pidcock came second, losing only to Andrea Vendrame. "In the sprint, I found an opening, but I was a little far back. In the end, it’s a nice second place, and I take some bonus seconds too," Pidcock concluded.
Results of Tirreno-Adriatico stage 3:
| Position | Rider | Team | Time |
| 01 | Vendrame Andrea | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 06:28:25 |
| 02 | Pidcock Tom | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 00 |
| 03 | Grégoire Romain | Groupama-FDJ | + 00 |
| 04 | Pluimers Rick | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 00 |
| 05 | Adrià Roger | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 00 |
| 06 | Velasco Simone | XDS Astana Team | + 00 |
| 07 | Fiorelli Filippo | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 00 |
| 08 | Aranburu Alex | Cofidis | + 00 |
| 09 | Battistella Samuele | EF Education-EasyPost | + 00 |
| 10 | Ganna Filippo | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 |
| 11 | Ayuso Juan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 00 |
| 12 | Bilbao Pello | Bahrain Victorious | + 00 |
| 13 | van Dijke Tim | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 00 |
| 14 | Prodhomme Nicolas | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | + 00 |
| 15 | Vauquelin Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 00 |
| 16 | De Plus Laurens | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 |
| 17 | Pinarello Alessandro | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 00 |
| 18 | Healy Ben | EF Education-EasyPost | + 00 |
| 19 | Kajamini Florian | XDS Astana Team | + 00 |
| 20 | van der Poel Mathieu | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 00 |
| 21 | Johannessen Tobias Halland | Uno-X Mobility | + 00 |
| 22 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | + 00 |
| 23 | Izagirre Ion | Cofidis | + 00 |
| 24 | Gee Derek | Israel-Premier Tech | + 00 |
| 25 | Conci Nicola | XDS Astana Team | + 00 |
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Ondřej Zhasil is a cycling journalist at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2023. He is based in Ostrava, the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, and covers professional cycling across the main UCI competitions, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España. A key focus of his work is startlist analysis and pre-race coverage, where he examines team selections, rider line-ups, and tactical scenarios ahead of major events.
Alongside WorldTour coverage, Ondřej has developed specific expertise in junior cycling and in racing across East Asia, including competitions in China and Japan. He also maintains a broad working knowledge of other disciplines and levels, including cyclocross, while continuing to expand his understanding of mountain bike racing.
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