{"id":118725,"date":"2025-09-06T14:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/118725\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T14:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:07:07","slug":"a-very-realistic-yet-still-hungry-tom-pidcock-admits-the-angliru-and-van-baarle-visma-broke-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/118725\/","title":{"rendered":"A very realistic yet still hungry Tom Pidcock admits the Angliru, and Van Baarle (Visma), broke him"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those who saw him break away so early<\/a> on the Angliru, it was hard to imagine that Tom Pidcock<\/a> would still be in third place in the GC<\/a> after the thirteenth stage of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a>. However, the 26-year-old Brit from Q36.5 dug deep on the monstrous climb, just as he has been clinging on to his position in the GC for two weeks in this Vuelta. At the top, there was still a hungry athlete in front of the camera.After first catching his breath for several minutes against a pillar<\/a>, Pidcock was able to explain a few things to Eurosport, among others. \u201cA tough climb, huh?\u201d he laughed, wearing his sunglasses. When he took them off, everyone could see that his eyes were a little deeper in their sockets. \u201cIt was really super tough. It’s challenging to find your rhythm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pidcock saw it coming when he had to drop back early from the favorites, who were still about eight strong at the time. \u201cI felt good at the foot, but I knew I wasn’t going to be able to keep up that pace. In the end, everyone slowed down a bit, because I think I only lost a little over a minute or so.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pidcock remains ambitious after losing time in Vuelta<\/p>\n

The Angliru was the first climb where Pidcock showed some signs of weakness. The Brit had been so impressive in the first uphill finishes and even dropped Jonas Vingegaard briefly in the chaotic finale in Bilbao. On the Angliru, it was different, steeper, longer, and harder. \u201cYou try to ride your own pace, but that was almost impossible.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n

Whether such a mythical climb says anything about the rest of the Vuelta is a good question, according to Pidcock. Because what lies ahead is very different in terms of profile. \u201cOf course, this says something, but there is still a lot to come. Hindley is strong, and Gall is always good on these kinds of climbs. I would have liked to have been in the front group, but in the end, I didn’t lose much time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pidcock wants to remain realistic in the battle for the GC<\/p>\n

These were realistic words from Pidcock, who proved himself equal to Jo\u00e3o Almeida and Jonas Vingegaard in the first two weeks, but is perhaps slightly behind them. Not surprising for someone who had never finished in the top ten of a Grand Tour before this Vuelta. \u201cIt wasn’t bad. We have to remain realistic, I did well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The fact that Pidcock kept riding and even overtook a few riders was, in his opinion, a promising sign. \u201cI estimated the length of the climb well and managed it. I’m also recovering quite well, even though this Vuelta is getting longer and longer. It was just a tough day, with Dylan (van Baarle of Visma | Lease a Bike, ed.) hurting us all in the first few hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite losing 1 minute and 16 seconds, Pidcock remains third in this Vuelta, now 2 minutes and 18 seconds behind the leader, Vingegaard. Number four, Jai Hindley, has closed the gap to 42 seconds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For those who saw him break away so early on the Angliru, it was hard to imagine that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-118725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}