Eighth for Pidcock on stage 14

Tom Pidcock finished in eighth place on stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia. We are two weeks into our first Grand Tour and in half of the 14 stages Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team scored a top ten place. Pidcock himself got his fourth top ten on Saturday in Slovenia.

Stage 14 seemed to be another chance for the sprinters. A small breakaway of four riders never got more than two minutes. That gap was down to a minute only when the peloton crossed the border to Slovenia. It was at that point on the local circuits a major crash caused by rain and cobbles in the small streets, split the bunch.

Pidcock found himself in the first group where he sprinted to an eighth place. He moved up to 11th place in the general classification.

Tom Pidcock said: “It was a tough day again. It’s not easy racing on these circuits, but this year’s Giro d’Italia parcours makes for some fun racing, I enjoy it.”

On Sunday the Giro d’Italia peloton has a major mountain stage waiting. It includes Monte Grappa and is no less than 219 kilometers long with almost 4,000 meters of elevation.