Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) took one other spectacular second place in Italy on stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico, 4 days after his spectacular second place at Strade Bianche.
The Q36.5 rider battled with Tadej Pogačar and the dry gravel roads of Tuscany on Saturday. On Wednesday, contrastingly, he confronted the chilly and rain of a really totally different Tuscany and Umbria through the 239km trip from Follonica on the coast to Colfiorito, 760 metres above Foligno within the hilly coronary heart of Italy.
With the riders making an attempt to remain heat and secure, the common velocity was simply 36.919km/h for the stage. The peloton had breakfast at daybreak and began the stage at 9:30. With a trip to sign-on and a 6.9km neutralised sector, they spent seven hours within the saddle.
Pidcock was within the thick of the motion when the assaults got here within the remaining ten kilometres of the rising highway to Colfiorito after which threw himself into the 50-rider dash end.
“It was undoubtedly a day to recollect with nearly seven hours within the rain. Then it turns into a day the place it’s loads about survival,” Pidock mentioned.
“The guys did a very nice job in getting me in the proper place for that remaining climb. It was a bit extra of a race up there than I believed.”
Pidcock was at all times seen on or close to the entrance when the assaults had been made within the remaining kilometres by Ben Healy and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and at last, Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers). He was unable to shut down Ganna and so initially let him go, however he was then in the proper place for the dash.
“In the dash, I discovered a gap, however I used to be just a little far again. In the tip, it’s a pleasant second place, and I take some bonus seconds too,” Pidcock concluded.
He misplaced 1:06 to Ganna within the opening time trial and 44 seconds to Ayuso, maybe ending his total hopes. But now has 4 victories and eight prime ten outcomes from the 15 races he has accomplished to date in 2025 for his new crew, with extra alternatives to come back at Tirreno-Adriatico.
