Gb's Pidcock Wins European Mountain Bike Gold

Double Olympic champion Tom Pidcock produced a ascendant show to triumph nan men's upland motorcycle cross-country golden astatine nan European Championships successful Portugal.

The 25-year-old vanished 36 seconds clear of chap Briton Charlie Aldridge successful Melgaco, while Denmark's Simon Andreassen was third.

Pidcock started astatine nan backmost of nan battalion but forced his measurement into nan apical 10 by nan 2nd of 9 laps and overtook Aldridge to lead nan title by nan 5th loop of nan circuit.

It is his 2nd European title, having go nan first Briton to triumph nan 2022 event.

Earlier, Great Britain's Evie Richards took metallic successful nan women's upland motorcycle cross-country.

The 28-year-old, who claimed golden astatine nan 2022 Commonwealth Games, vanished 1 infinitesimal and 19 seconds down champion Jenny Rissveds of Sweden.