{"id":423071,"date":"2026-01-19T10:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423071\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T10:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:47:09","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%a5-the-first-images-of-tom-pidcock-and-his-pinarello-q36-5-teammates-from-chile-do-not-disappoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423071\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfa5 The first images of Tom Pidcock and his Pinarello-Q36.5 teammates from Chile do not disappoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Pidcock<\/a> is together with a select group from Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling now a week in Chile, South America, preparing on another continent for the busy spring season at altitudes sometimes up to nearly 3,000 m. The first images from the sun-drenched camp \u2014 made possible by Pidcock\u2019s teammates \u2014 certainly don\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n

The choice to go to Chile was made \u2014 according to Head of Performance Kurt Bogaerts \u2014 for several reasons. The weather in Chile is better than in Tenerife or Spain, and practically it\u2019s also less crowded with all of the dozens of other cycling teams preparing for a new season there. \u201cA hefty financial picture,\u201d Bogaerts said recently. \u201cBut Pinarello-Q36.5 thought it was worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Together with Brent Van Moer, Xandro Meurisse<\/a>, Quinten Hermans<\/a>, Thomas Gloag, Fred Wright<\/a>, and Fabio Christen, Pidcock flew toward South America, where, after a short period of acclimatisation, the bikes were quickly out. Via the social channels of Van Moer, Hermans and Christen we\u2019ve already seen beautiful images of gravel roads, goat paths and quiet paved descents.That Pidcock \u2014 according to his coach \u2014 asked for \u201cspecific tyres\u201d to also ride off-road now and then proved early to be a great call. In a reel from Christen, we see the British daredevil descending a very steep trail. We wonder whether the rest has been followed. On 13 February, Pidcock will kick off his season<\/a> with the Spanish one-day race Vuelta a la Regi\u00f3n de Murcia, followed by Cl\u00e1sica Ja\u00e9n and Ruta del Sol.<\/p>\n

In the spring we\u2019ll see the third-place finisher from last year\u2019s Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a back at the race he loves \u2014 Strade Bianche \u2014 and he\u2019ll make another attempt to follow Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Poga\u010dar at Milan-San Remo. Also on the schedule are Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Milano-Turin. Through the Tour of Catalonia he will complete his Ardennes block: Brabantse Pijl, Amstel Gold Race, La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne and Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pidcock and six teammates will train in South America for a month. According to Bogaerts, that should have actually remained secret, but it came out via social channels. \u201cIt\u2019s all about the climate,\u201d the Belgian said. \u201cMost teams head for altitude camps in the Sierra Nevada and Tenerife. But those places have regularly had to deal with poor weather in this period,\u201d the Belgian told Play Sports<\/a>.Pidcock had a say in the Chile trip<\/p>\n

Pidcock \u2014 living in Andorra \u2014 knows from first hand that European winter weather has been unreliable. Visma | Lease a Bike was recently soaked in rainy Calpe in Spain, and even in Tenerife good weather in 2026 isn\u2019t guaranteed. The Sierra Nevada has been hit by heavy snowfall this winter. In Chile, temperatures in January will be around 30 \u00b0C.<\/p>\n

Bogaerts emphasised that the riders themselves were allowed to choose, because a South American trip will last a month on the other side of the world and it\u2019s therefore not just a training camp. Pidcock \u201craised his hand first,\u201d and besides the riders there are also two sports directors, one trainer, three soigneurs, two mechanics, a nutrition coach and a chef going with them. (\u201cPidcock \u2018stak zijn vinger als eerste in de lucht\u2019 \u2026\u201d)<\/p>\n

Pinarello-Q36.5 has to reach for its wallet for Pidcock and Co<\/p>\n

Sponsors, according to Bogaerts, immediately face \u201ca hefty financial picture.\u201d But it appears to be worth it. In addition to transporting the whole squad, accommodation has to be booked locally too. Bogaerts emphasised that the riders who are going are extremely enthusiastic about this opportunity \u2014 something he believes will be very important mentally.<\/p>\n

There will also be off-road training sometimes. \u201cTom asked to bring specific tyres along and most riders we\u2019re taking to Chile like off-road, or have an off-road background. That makes it extra fun.\u201d The group will return to Europe on 5 February, with enough time to overcome jet lag ahead of Pidcock\u2019s season opener<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Pidcock is together with a select group from Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling now a week in Chile, South…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,60921,222505,85,63570,222506],"class_list":{"0":"post-423071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-fred-wright","12":"tag-quinten-hermans","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tom-pidcock","15":"tag-xandro-meurisse"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}