Video: Electric Performance by Tom Pidcock Wins Him Olympic Gold

The cross country mountain biking competitions for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics wrapped up yesterday and Great Britain secured the gold for the first time in MTB history. 21 -year old Tom Pidcock was the new elite biker to watch going into the games, but because of his low UCI XCO ranking, his starting position was on the 4th row. Meeting this minor setback with intensity, he battled into the first five bikers within the opening heat. His competitors were picked to be Mathias Flueckinger, Nino Schurter, and Mathieu Van Der Poel—though Van Der Poel dropped out of the race after a nasty fall in the first lap. This left Pidcock battling in the lead for the following laps, able to separate the competition by charging up rocky surfaces the cross-country course had to offer. Come the final lap, Pidcock finished with a 20 second advantage over silver medalist Mathias Flueckiger (Switzerland) and a 34 second lead over bronze medalist David Valero Serrano (Spain). Not only was this win huge for the mountain biking community of Great Britain—being the first ever Olympic MTB title won by the country—but also for Tom Pidcock who is now the youngest Olympic mountain bike champion in history.