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Tom Pidcock triumphs at Paris-Roubaix Under-23Tom Pidcock wins Paris-Roubaix U23 (via Paris Roubaix Espoirs on Twitter)

Tom Pidcock triumphs at Paris-Roubaix Under-23

Team Wiggins-Le Col rider is first British winner - and has previously won the Under-18 version
by Simon_MacMichael
Sun, Jun 02, 2019 18:51
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Tom Pidcock has become the first British rider to win Paris-Roubaix Espoirs, the under-23 version of the cobbled Monument.

The Team Wiggins-Le Col rider won the 52nd edition of the race today with a solo attack, with Switzerland’s Johan Jacobs second and the Belgian rider Jens Reynders third.

The rider from Yorkshire also becomes the first man to win the under-23 race after triumphing in the under-18 version, Paris-Roubaix Juniors, which he did in 2017.

Past winners of the under-23 race include future men's elite world champions Stephen Roche from Ireland and Norway's Thor Hushovd.

Today’s victory adds to the growing palmares of the 19-year-old, who has been world junior cyclo-cross champion and is the reigning holder of the rainbow jersey at under-23 level in that discipline.

He also won the junior time trial at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Bergen, Norway, a year in which he also beat a field containing the cream of Great Britain’s circuit racers to become national criterium champion.

Tom-Pidcock
Paris-Roubaix U23
Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Scoob_84 | 5 years ago
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This kid is absolute mustard. One to watch out for now, let alone in the future. 

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BehindTheBikesheds | 5 years ago
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Oh no, another rim brake victory at one of the big races, how is that even possible 

Pidcock has got the cycling world at his feet but doesn't need to be thrown into the deep end too soon, let him develop at his own speed ... which is pretty damn fast whatever the terrain.

Well done Tom!

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OnTheRopes replied to BehindTheBikesheds | 5 years ago
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BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

Oh no, another rim brake victory at one of the big races, how is that even possible 

Pidcock has got the cycling world at his feet but doesn't need to be thrown into the deep end too soon, let him develop at his own speed ... which is pretty damn fast whatever the terrain.

Well done Tom!

 

yes but it wasn't raining otherwise he would have had no chance not being able to stop.

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Simon E replied to OnTheRopes | 5 years ago
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OnTheRopes wrote:

yes but it wasn't raining otherwise he would have had no chance not being able to stop.

He doesn't need to stop until he crosses the line in the velodrome.

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There are definite advantages to discs but there are still a surprising number of people racing cyclo-cross with canti (rim) brakes, even at national trophy races.

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BehindTheBikesheds replied to Simon E | 5 years ago
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Simon E wrote:
OnTheRopes wrote:

yes but it wasn't raining otherwise he would have had no chance not being able to stop.

He doesn't need to stop until he crosses the line in the velodrome.

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There are definite advantages to discs but there are still a surprising number of people racing cyclo-cross with canti (rim) brakes, even at national trophy races.

Pidcock won the junior(?) world CX only 2 years ago on cantis and it was very muddy. 

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