Tom Pidcock targets leader's jersey at mountain bike World Cup opener in Nove Mesto Na Mora after 'blowing away cobwebs'

Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) hopes to have “blown out a few cobwebs” after preparing for the UCI World Cup opener in Nove Mesto Na Morave with his first mountain bike win of the season. After winning Strade Bianche and making the podium at the Amstel Gold Race and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Pidcock turned his attention from road racing to mountain bikes earlier this month. Ad He withdrew before the end of his opening race due to a mechanical issue but looked in good form as he won second time out in Chur, Switzerland.

Mountain Bike'Mountain biking is a very challenging sport' — Brentjens on Eurosport events04/05/2023 AT 13:05 He is now taking aim at the first round of the UCI World Cup this weekend in the Czech Republic, which will be available live and on-demand on discovery+, GCN+ and the Eurosport App. «Hopefully that's blown out a few cobwebs,» reflected Pidcock. «It certainly felt like it.

Obviously next weekend is the first World Cup. It's actually the leader's jersey on offer as well, which I won't get much chance to go for in my career I don't think. So that would be nice.» Pidcock was the champion last year in Nove Mesto Na Morave.

It was the last World Cup event he competed at in 2022 before he started preparing for his Tour de France debut. UCI Mountain Bike World Series: All you need to know Sagan aims for Paris 2024 on mountain bike Pidcock's Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Pauline Ferrand-Prevot was second in her race in Chur, having won a week earlier in Gueret. «It was a really hard race so I’m quite happy with second,” said Ferrand-Prevot, who joined Ineos this season.