Tom Pidcock will ride Strade Bianche for a fifth time on Saturday. As a former winner, one of the most skilled off-road riders in the sport, and runner-up to Tadej Pogačar last year, the Briton naturally aims high every time he travels to Tuscany.
Pidcock is in his second season with Pinarello-Q36.5, and he and the team appear to have improved year on year. The team’s core Classics squad prepared at altitude in Chile for 25 days in February.
Pidcock has the self-belief and talent to at least try to stay with Pogačar. He will be watching the Slovenian on the long mid-race gravel sector once again, but has seen other possible race scenarios and key rivals.
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