Tom Pidcock tempers personal exponential expectancies beforehand of MTB worlds: ‘I can’t take prevailing for granted’

Pidcock steps up a degree in Les Gets with pinnacle preferred popularity for debut elite MTB international championships.

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Tom Pidcock has become used to prevailing at will in the course of his meteoric rise.

Now his largest hurdle is probably tempering his personal exponential expectancies as he is taking pinnacle-preferred popularity into his debut elite go u.s.a. mountain bike international championships.

“I’m the favourite to win,” Pidcock instructed The Independent. “If not anything is going wrong, I have to win. But I need to ensure not anything goes wrong.”

Pidcock overwhelmed cyclocross worlds withinside the winter, swaggered through the classics in spring, and scored ancient mountain top victory at his Tour de France this summer.

The mountain bike international championships in Les Gets on Sunday may have Pidcock achieving for the fattest tires in his bike shed.

Emphatic victory on the European championships ultimate weekend noticed the 23-yr-antique retain to slice through the season like a knife thru multi-disciplinary butter.

“I don’t reflect on it, however I wager it might be an unhappiness if I didn’t win [at worlds],” Pidcock stated Friday.

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A debut elite worlds Sunday will pose the previous U23 international championship and World Cup winner a brand new form of task Sunday.

Defending rainbow jersey and nine-time international champ Nino Schurter includes thirteen years’ greater enjoyment and sole attention to the startline in a hotly-hyped warfare with the reigning Olympic champ.

“The aspect I’ve been used to is the handiest being capable of meeting expectations. I’ve needed to alternate my mind-set going into elite races due to the fact I can’t take prevailing for granted,” Pidcock stated.

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“In juniors and U23s I have to win at will, and there I have to meet expectations, I can’t exceed them.”

‘Not impossible’ to win all 3 international titles in 2022

Pidcock commenced his international trilogy in the proper manner in Fayetteville.

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The WorldTour toppers provide their younger ace the liberty to race throughout disciplines at the same time as giving him entry to the most important street races on the calendar.

Pidcock’s ambition to win 3 international titles in a single season is one-1/3 whole after victory in Fayetteville this January. The trilogy tracks through Les Get on Sunday earlier than an experience down beneath neath for the Wollongong street worlds subsequent month.

“I suppose it’s greater the media that’s given me that goal, than myself. I stated it might be first-class to win all 3 titles, after which that got here withinside the identical year,” he instructed Eurosport. “It’s now no longer impossible, however I’ll take it one race at a time.”

Pidcock’s longer-term plan to pinnacle the Tour de France is on pause till after the Paris Olympics.In the meantime, he’s all approximately rainbows.

“The race that motivates me the most is the World Championships. The handiest aspect larger than an international championship is arguably prevailing the Tour de France,” he stated.

“Every year the excellent rider on the day wins the arena champion’s jersey. That has been the principal aspect that has stimulated me in cycling.”