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Tom Pidcock takes first Mountain Bike win of the season in Chur
Mountain BikeMonday, 08 May 2023 at 15:00
Tom Pidcock has returned to winning ways in the Mountain Bike discipline after taking victory in his second race of the season in Chur.
The 23-year-old INEOS Grenadiers rider took an emphatic victory at the OKK Bike Revolution - Round 2 event in Chur. Active throughout the race, Pidcock made his race-winning move on the sixth of nine laps. Mathias Fluckiger put a bit of pressure on the British rider on the final lap, but Pidcock held on for a nine-second victory.
"I feel good now but in the race that was hard. I was maybe overconfident at the start pushing on, and then I was blowing for maybe half an hour afterwards. Then I came back into it a bit," revealed Pidcock to the official website of the INEOS Grenadiers following his victory. "The race was quite cagey as the climb was so hard and also a headwind. In the group we would go slow and then really fast. I think it was playing on people’s legs in the end."
"The pace was super high. It’s also quite warm and I haven’t really ridden in heat this year. It’s been quite a cold spring. I didn’t really want to go into the red," he continues. "Hopefully that's blown out a few cobwebs. It certainly felt like it. Obviously next weekend is the first World Cup. It’s actually the leader’s jersey on offer as well, which I won’t get much chance to go for in my career I don’t think. So that would be nice."
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