30 Mar 2022
Pidcock on podium at Dwars door Vlaanderen
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Tom Pidcock
Ben Turner
Dwars door Vlaanderen - A travers la Flandre, 183.7km
Tom Pidcock sprinted to third place after an impressive showing from a pair of Grenadiers at Dwars door Vlaanderen.
Yorkshiremen Pidcock and Ben Turner lit up the race over the Berg Ten Houte climb with 70 kilometres to go. The pair helped form what proved to be the winning move, with a grandstand finish to the race providing a thrilling spectacle.
Pidcock tried to go clear on a number of occasions late on, as a group of eight riders went toe to toe on the run into Waregem. Turner continued his superb Classics showing, helping to shut down moves, and finished a fine eighth on the day after riding in support of Pidcock.
Pidcock tried to go clear a final time with 2km to go, and it was ultimately the very next move that would go clear, with Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) able to out-sprint Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) at the line. Pidcock out-sprinted his rivals for third moments later - an encouraging result as he continues his comeback from illness.
It was an aggressive showing from the Grenadiers with a lot of hard work early on, and a strong pull from Kim Heiduk to help set up the key attack.
Yorkshiremen Pidcock and Ben Turner lit up the race over the Berg Ten Houte climb with 70 kilometres to go. The pair helped form what proved to be the winning move, with a grandstand finish to the race providing a thrilling spectacle.
Pidcock tried to go clear on a number of occasions late on, as a group of eight riders went toe to toe on the run into Waregem. Turner continued his superb Classics showing, helping to shut down moves, and finished a fine eighth on the day after riding in support of Pidcock.
Pidcock tried to go clear a final time with 2km to go, and it was ultimately the very next move that would go clear, with Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) able to out-sprint Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) at the line. Pidcock out-sprinted his rivals for third moments later - an encouraging result as he continues his comeback from illness.
It was an aggressive showing from the Grenadiers with a lot of hard work early on, and a strong pull from Kim Heiduk to help set up the key attack.
Reaction
- Tom Pidcock
"I’m happy with the podium. It’s a massive improvement from Sunday.
- Tom Pidcock
"I’m happy with the podium. It’s a massive improvement from Sunday.
"I felt really good. I was enjoying the racing there at the end and getting stuck in. Anyone in that group could have won today.
"It’s just cat and mouse in the end. I think that was just the last move and the elastic snapped. Every other move someone closed it, and just that time Stefan hesitated a bit. And that was it. Ben pulled and I won the sprint.
"[Sunday] will be similar that it will be full gas like this, but with another 100km added on. It will be a long, hard day, but hopefully if I have legs like today I’ll be happy with that."
