Tom Pidcock

Tom Pidcock is a British professional cyclist who rides for Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. He is a two-time Olympic mountain-bike champion, a two-time elite UCI Mountain Bike World Champion and the 2022 elite UCI Cyclo-cross World Champion. Pidcock enjoyed success on the road in 2026, finishing 2nd to Pogačar at Milan Sanremo and 9th overall at the Tour de France.

Pidcock’s 2025 season was his first with Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team after leaving INEOS Grenadiers. He began the year by winning the AlUla Tour overall, taking two stage victories and the points classification.

He then won Stage 2 of the Vuelta a Andalucía and finished third overall, behind Pavel Sivakov and Clément Berthet.

At Strade Bianche, Pidcock finished second behind Tadej Pogačar. He also took third at La Flèche Wallonne, ninth at Amstel Gold Race and ninth at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

At the Giro d’Italia, Pidcock won Stage 5 to Matera and finished 16th overall.

At the Vuelta a España, Pidcock won two stages and finished third overall, his first Grand Tour podium. He also beat Jonas Vingegaard in the mountains during the race.

Pidcock’s 2026 season was the strongest of his career. He finished fifth in the UCI Road Elite Individual World Ranking, the highest position of his career, and led Pinarello-Q36.5 to 12th in the UCI team ranking.

He began the year with a stage win at the Vuelta a Andalucía, finishing third overall. He then won Milano-Torino, the Tour of the Alps stage 3, the GP Industria & Artigianato and the Andorra MoraBanc Clàssica.

At the 2026 Tour de France, Pidcock finished ninth overall, his best GC result at the race. He also finished third on Stage 9 and Stage 13, helping him climb into the top five before finishing ninth in Paris.

At the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole, Pidcock won his second elite XCO world title after a comeback from the fifth row of the starting grid.

He then finished seventh at the Road World Championships, second at the Giro dell’Emilia, second at Tre Valli Varesine and second at the Tour of Guangxi.

Pidcock is expected to target the biggest one-day races and Grand Tours in 2027. His likely objectives include the Tour de France, Vuelta a España, Monuments and the UCI Road World Championships. He has decided not to race cyclocross in 2026/27, but will likely race mountain bike as he continues to prepare for the LA Olympics in 2028.

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