‘Handing over the baton’ as Tom Pidcock marks ‘big day for British cycling’ in style – Bradley Wiggins

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. Ad/> And speaking on his Eurosport podcast, The Bradley Wiggins Show, Wiggins was joined by Matt Stephens to dissect the day, with both effusive in their praise for the 22-year-old.

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. Opinion: Old meets new in fruitful alliance between Froome and Pidcock on the Tour 'He doesn't want the pity' — Froome silenced 'demons' on Alpe d’Huez Tour de France Stage 13: Route map, how to watch climb into Saint-Étienne “And also it was apt that we had Tom winning, Froomey third and then Geraint coming up behind him because I think it was a handing over of the baton wasn’t it? And he [Pidcock] would have been inspired by them [Froome and Thomas] as he was growing up wasn’t he? It was fantastic.” Wiggins went on to say that he had run into Froome’s