Former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins has hailed Tom Pidcock’s historic Stage 12 win on Thursday as “a big day for British cycling” and that it felt like a “handing over of the baton.” Pidcock produced a stunning ride on Alpe d’Huez to become the youngest rider to ever win a stage of the Tour.
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Tour de FranceTour de France Stage 13: Route map, how to watch climb into Saint-Étienne2 HOURS AGO “Still trying to get my head around it…” Wiggins began the show by saying. “Tom Pidcock, I mean what can you say about Tom Pidcock that hasn’t already been said?
Other than that he’s living up the hype isn’t he?” Stephens agreed “We’ve talked about him being a potential Tour winner haven’t we, but every single race he does he goes to another level, another page is being turned. “The whole day was a big day for British cycling but it was ushering in a new era perhaps?” To which Wiggins was quick to praise two former winners, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas, who finished third and seventh respectively.