S9 Ep35: Life in the Peloton – Tom Pidcock
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
I knew the name Tom Pidcock because he's been racing on the coat tails of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert in cyclo-cross for a couple of winters now, but I'd never actually met him or spoken to him before.
But when I got a message to say Tom would love to come on the podcast I was really keen to find out more about a man whose reputation preceded him.
We've all seen how well he's fitted in right at the top level in some of the Classics this season. Third place in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, fifth at Strade Bianche and right up there in Milan-Sanremo are results that pretty much anyone would be happy with but Tom is a 21-year-old neo pro.
I must admit I probably had a preconceived idea of what Tom would be like. I thought his swagger off the bike would match his swagger on it. He's a confident guy, no doubt, but he was also really down to earth and a pleasure to chat to so I hope you all enjoy finding out a bit more about him.
Cheers,
Mitch
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Well welcome everyone, we're here life in the peloton. |
| 0:29.5 | I'm sitting down with Lionel to preview the next episode coming up. |
| 0:33.4 | Lionel, how are you going mate? |
| 0:35.0 | I'm good thanks, Mitch. |
| 0:36.1 | I missed Paru Bay at the weekend. |
| 0:37.7 | I think everyone did. |
| 0:39.5 | You must have done because you were due to be up in northern France racing. |
| 0:43.3 | I killed me. |
| 0:44.6 | It absolutely killed me Lionel. |
| 0:46.6 | Yes, I was looking forward to it so much this year, especially after missing it last year. |
| 0:51.2 | To have it back in the normal position, I was really, really jeid for it. |
| 0:55.2 | One year away from it and there was whisper of it, but I just try to ignore it and I just |
| 0:59.4 | was like, that's okay, it's going to be there. |
| 1:01.5 | It's going to be there and then a week out. |
| 1:03.3 | No, not happening. |
| 1:04.3 | So, you know what, I just parked the bike up, took a week off, had a couple of cold beers, |
| 1:09.4 | as you can imagine, and looking forward to the next part of the season. |
| 1:13.3 | But let's talk about this episode. |
| 1:16.0 | I sat down with Tom Pickock a couple of weeks ago. |
| 1:19.1 | Everyone must know him. |
| 1:20.5 | He is the new man on the scene coming out of the UK. |
| 1:24.0 | If you haven't heard his name, sit back and enjoy this one because he is really taking |
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