Although there are still 7 months left before the start of the Tour de Francethe most important competition in professional cycling, more and more details about the competition are becoming known. This time, the last thing revealed was a very sensitive drop for this edition.
Tom Pidcock will not participate in the Tour de France in 2025as he explained to BBC Sports. The British cyclist explained that The main reason was the change of team, as Pidcock went from competing for Ineos Grenadiers to joining the Q36.5 teamfrom the second division and which, therefore, are not among the teams participating in the Tour. “I’m glad I took a year off… rest. When I came back it had renewed strength“.
Pidcock’s new team is currently in cycling’s second tier, below the World Tour, where each of the 18 teams is automatically invited to the sport’s biggest races, including three three-week Grand Tours.
Besides, Pidcock explained that this year he will focus mainly on single-day racesalthough he himself acknowledged that, in principle, he should be available for all the races in which he wants to participate throughout the year. “We don’t have full control over the calendar, but we do have to be invited to races“.
however, The Briton explained that his goal is to return for the 2026 editionwhere he will be 100% ready to participate and where, in addition, he can present himself as one of the favorites to win the Tour. “We will take a sabbatical year and try to reach the 2026 Tour“.
Pidcock won one of the Tour’s most iconic stages in 2022, the 12th stage at Alpe d’Huezwhere it reaches speeds of nearly 100 km/h on descents. Pidcock also won the Strade Bianche, Amstel Gold and Brabantse Pijl one-day classics wearing the Ineos jerseyas well as two Olympic mountain biking gold medals for Great Britain.
In total, Pidcock will begin his season with the five-stage AlUla Tour of Saudi Arabia on January 28.
Source: La Verdad
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