Tom Pidcock won’t be racing the Tour de France this yr, in keeping with a BBC Sport interview with the Q36.5 rider.
The winner of the Alpe d’Huez stage in his first-ever Tour de France again in 2022, since then Pidcock has raced biking’s high occasion twice.
He completed sixteenth total in 2023 and deserted with COVID-19 in 2024, his greatest end result a second place on a stage that includes gravel roads within the first week.
If 2025 will see Pidcock miss the Tour de France for the primary time in 4 years, he promised that he’ll try to type a part of the Tour in eighteen months and added he anticipated the break would permit him to deal with the race with heightened enthusiasm.
“We’ll have a yr out from the Tour and attempt to get to the Tour 2026,” Pidcock instructed BBC Sport on Sunday.
“I’m comfortable I’ve acquired a yr out from it… a break. When I come again it’s going to be with a refreshed power.”
Having give up British WorldTour squad Ineos Grenadiers on the finish of 2024, Pidcock subsequently joined Q36.5 and is about to make his debut within the five-stage AlUla Tour in Saudi Arabia on January 28.
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However, as a part of the ProTeam league, Q36.5 relies on invites from the Tour and different high occasions to have the ability to participate within the greatest races within the sport.
Pidcock instructed the BBC he hoped that he would be capable to concentrate on one-day races in 2025. In his profession to this point, his greatest one-day highway race wins had been in Amstel Gold in 2024 and Strade Bianche again in 2023, and he additionally secured a runner’s up spot within the 2023 version of Liège-Bastogne-Liège – Britain’s best-ever end within the Ardennes Monument.
“We haven’t got full management over the calendar – need to get invited [to races],” added Pidcock in his BBC interview.
“But in principle, we should always have all of the races that I need to do.”
Beyond the AIUIa Tour, nothing has but been revealed concerning Pidcock’s race program for 2025. None of the three Grand Tours have but revealed their wildcard group selections for this season, both.
But the late signing of a top-level title like Pidcock to Q36.5 is broadly anticipated to spice up their prospects of invitations to a number of high-profile WorldTour stage races and one-day races.
Pidcock and his group are presently coaching in Calpe, Spain. Earlier this weekend, the squad revealed its 2025 equipment, with Pidcock that includes alongside his teammates within the promotional marketing campaign.