TOM PIDCOCK ‘I don’t know where my ceiling is now, but I’m not afraid to fail’
New limits: Tom Pidcock has faced the highs and lows of Tours, but is optimistic about a career reboot with his Q36.5 team after struggles with Ineos Grenadiers Double Olympic champion Tom Pidcock tells Jeremy Whittle how his move to a new team has rekindled his enthusiasm to make a mark on the Grand Tours ‘I need to refind that excitement for the Tour. There is such pressure and expectation’ - Tom Pidcock Jeremy Whittle 15 Feb 2026 THE OBSERVER / Sport Tom Pidcock starts his new racing season in southern Spain this weekend, a refreshed and rejuvenated athlete, now looking forward to – rather than dreading – competing in this year’s Tour de France. The double Olympic gold medallist has rebooted his career since moving to the Q36.5 team at the start of 2025. The athlete who came out of the blocks a year ago, after a painful exit from Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Grenadiers, was Pidcock V2.0, reinvented as a Grand Tour contender capable of finishing third...