{"id":915079,"date":"2026-10-03T21:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/915079\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T21:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T21:10:08","slug":"three-years-three-times-a-second-tom-pidcock-takes-third-consecutive-second-place-finish-at-giro-dellemilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/915079\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThree years, three times a second\u201d: Tom Pidcock takes third consecutive second-place finish at Giro dell\u2019Emilia"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u201cI think this week I\u2019ve been focusing on recovering and getting back into the European time zone. But no, I felt good today. The team committed from the start, riding, and on the laps I felt pretty good,\u201d Pidcock said<\/a> after the finish.<\/p>\n

The 197-kilometer race was ultimately decided by the tactical situation in the final kilometers, with Visma | Lease a Bike able to use its numbers in the leading group. Matteo Jorgenson repeatedly attacked before teammate Piganzoli made the decisive move with less than five kilometers remaining. Pidcock took responsibility for the chase behind, but the gap proved too large to erase before the final climb.<\/p>\n

Pidcock left to rue another near miss<\/p>\n

The 2026 edition marked the third straight year in which Pidcock has finished second at the Giro dell\u2019Emilia. Each time, he has been close enough to victory to leave Bologna wondering what might have been.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust in the end, a shame that I didn\u2019t have the legs to quite catch Piganzoli on the last climb. I felt good. I\u2019m just a bit frustrated,\u201d he said. \u201cThree years, three times a second. But plenty more racing this week. I think I\u2019m going to race tomorrow as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The latest runner-up finish is also Pidcock\u2019s fifth on the road this season. He has previously finished second at Cl\u00e1sica Ja\u00e9n, Milano-Sanremo, the opening stage of the Tour of the Alps and Eschborn-Frankfurt. Those results have come alongside seven victories across road and mountain biking in 2026.<\/p>\n

Q36.5 reflect on a strong team performance<\/p>\n

For his team, the result was also evidence that Pidcock had arrived in Italy with the form required to challenge for the win. \u201cThe team was in control throughout the day and virtually every rider played his part. Everyone had a specific section of the race where we needed him to work,\u201d sports director Gabriele Missaglia said.<\/p>\n

Missaglia highlighted Xabier, Milan, Mark and Marcel Camprub\u00ed’s contributions during the earlier stages before turning to the decisive part of the race. \u201cThat could have become a decisive move, but the other teams reacted and brought it back. From there we saw the selection everyone expected and, in the finale, the strength in numbers of our rivals played an important tactical role in deciding the race.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tactical disadvantage left Pidcock chasing Piganzoli alone while Visma had multiple options at the front, and the Briton ultimately could not bridge the final gap. \u201cThere is some disappointment because the legs were clearly there and, with Tom, we came extremely close to winning,\u201d Missaglia said. \u201cSometimes races are decided by these kinds of team dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite another second place, the team believes the performance provides encouragement for the remainder of the Italian autumn campaign. \u201cBut we can take a lot from the way we raced today and from Tom\u2019s condition. We are in a good place and now we look ahead to the next races,\u201d Missaglia added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cI think this week I\u2019ve been focusing on recovering and getting back into the European time zone.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":915080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,165034,113116,244452,85,63570],"class_list":["post-915079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-davide-piganzoli","tag-giro-dellemilia","tag-pinarello-q36-5-pro-cycling-team","tag-sports","tag-tom-pidcock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915079","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=915079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}