‘I sacrificed the stage’ – Tom Pidcock says podium now top target at Vuelta a España’s final week

Tom Pidcock is famous for his blisteringly fast late accelerations on summit finishes, and the Q36.5 certainly was able to produce a memorable turn of speed at the summit of Alto de El Morredero in the Vuelta a España on Wednesday.

However, with Guilio Pellizzari (Red-Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) already 16 seconds up the road at the finish after a late attack, TV cameras certainly showed Pidcock blazing round the final right-hand bend at the summit – but the stage victory remained out of reach.