Tom Pidcock wins first race for Q36.5 on second opportunity at AlUla Tour

by January 29, 2025

written by January 29, 2025

Tom Pidcock won his first race for Q36.5 at the second time of asking on Wednesday, sprinting to the top of the Bir Jaydah Mountain Wirkah finish at the AlUla Tour on stage two.

The 25-year-old, who joined from Ineos Grenadiers in the off-season, attacked powerfully up the steep finish, beating Rainer Kepplinger (Bahrain-Victorious), Alan Hatherly (Jayco AlUla) and Eddie Dunbar (also Jayco AlUla).

The race was shortened to just one ascent of the last climb, and also neutralised briefly, due to concerns about the road surface, but came alive again for the final 5km. Inside the final 500m, Pidcock attacked from a thinning peloton, with Dunbar following, but the former was able to hold on to victory, five seconds ahead of Kepplinger. With bonus seconds, the Q36.5 rider leads the race overall by eight seconds.

“The first time I thought I’d test the waters a little bit,” Pidcock said of his attack. “Today we just thought about winning the stage, it wasn’t about GC. I felt the wind a bit and thought I’d wait a bit longer. We got to 500m [to go] and the road was going down to the left, the right was a bit higher, so I went right and used that section to attack. It was a little bit fast, the last 200m. I’m just super happy.

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