Never change a winning team: Pidcock rides a Scott on the road, but a Pinarello off-road
Mountain Biking
Last Friday, it was announced that Tom Pidcock is moving to the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team for three years, ending his time with INEOS Grenadiers. This supposedly means he would no longer be cycling on Pinarello, but that does not appear to be the case. The British rider will ride a Scott for the next three years during road races, while he can use his trusty Pinarello for off-road races.
As the saying goes, never change a winning team. Pidcock must have thought the same thing. After all, he has enjoyed huge success on Italian bikes over the past four years, including world and Olympic titles.
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"Tom is a rider who knows what he wants"
Fausto Pinarello, president of Pinarello, says in the press release. "We're thrilled to confirm Tom will continue racing on our cyclo-cross, cross country and gravel bikes. He is an amazing rider with phenomenal technical skills and it's been a pleasure working with him on the Crossista and Dogma XC, both models in segments where we hadn't had bikes for a long time."
Pinarello continues. "Tom is a rider who knows what he wants. His unwavering pursuit of excellence has challenged us a lot and enabled us to produce three incredible frames, which he's ridden to success on the grandest stages in the sport. We are delighted to keep this successful collaboration alive."
Pidcock himself is also very pleased with his new contract. "Working with Fausto and the team at Pinarello over the past four years has been a privilege and a really enjoyable experience. I am so happy I get to stay working with them on everything off-road moving forwards. So far, we have developed three cyclo-cross and XC MTB frames together and all of them exceeded expectations from the moment I sat on them, I could not have asked for more. To me, our relationship feels more like a partnership than a sponsorship," the Brit concludes.
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- Well explained, thanks for the clarity! Daniel DantasDanieldantas20-12-2024
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MrYuck23-11-2024 - It seemed that he was focusing forward at the time of the crash, after seeing a quick video snippet. But one thing I think he should focus on more intently is breaking a bad habit he has, right now. And that is his constant looking over his shoulders. He does that so much, that I am very sure it is not good for him. Simply watch videos of the greats of CX and you will see very little of that constant looking over their shoulders. That is a behavior that betrays a bit of insecurity on his part. He shouldn't be so concerned, incessantly, about what is over his shoulder. He needn't worry they didn't all disappear. He neds to keep his focus more ahead of himself, and he needs to pay a bit more attention to himself, in a confident manner. It is very frustrating to watch, because it is apparent that he has a lot of potential, and is in much better shape thwan many of his competitors, but the mental game needs to be sharpened more, because that part of strategy plays a huge part in the final results
reemmo022-11-2024 - hahahaha love this shit! I didnt even watched the race, but reading all the gossip articles of how stupid this is!Zatoichi19-11-2024