Pidcock recovers from last to first to win gold

Tom Pidcock came from past to first to triumph short way golden astatine nan Mountain Bike World Cup successful Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

Britain's Olympic and world champion slipped retired of his pedal successful nan first of six laps earlier being progressive successful a insignificant collision arsenic he attempted to dress up ground.

But nan 24-year-old was capable to retrieve and steadily made his measurement up nan field, forcing his measurement into nan lead connected nan penultimate lap.

He vanished 2 seconds up of Germany's Julian Schelb, pinch chap Briton Charlie Aldridge placing 10th.

"I didn't make it easy, that's for sure," Pidcock told Eurosport. "At nan commencement I unclipped past I was astatine nan back, and I was really getting dropped connected that first climb, they were going truthful fast.

"I was conscionable riding it full, conscionable to prime disconnected riders each clip connected nan climb and it was conscionable my tactic, conscionable thrust afloat gas."

Pidcock will compete again connected Sunday successful nan cross-country Olympic discipline, his triumph connected Saturday securing him a front-row start.

This World Cup information marks Pidcock's last play of upland biking earlier he heads to nan Tour de France pinch Ineos Grenadiers.

Pidcock took his first shape triumph connected nan Alpe d’Huez connected his Tour debut successful 2022.

He will past take sides his Olympic upland motorcycle title astatine nan Paris Games, which commencement connected 26 July.