Pidcock Wins Stage Weeks After Serious Crash

Pidcock, who is famed successful cycling for being a 'demon descender' - pursuing his 2022 Tour de France shape triumph connected Alpe d'Huez, successful which he reached speeds of 100km/h - described nan clang successful March arsenic "like 1 of these scary crashes you see... I [was] fortunate I could talk connected nan radio".

The double Olympic upland motorcycle champion had been having a bully play until nan crash, narrowly losing retired connected triumph astatine nan Milan-San Remo monument title to Tadej Pogacar.

Pidcock is riding nan Tour of nan Alps successful mentation for Sunday's monument Liege-Bastogne-Liege, earlier taking connected nan Tour de France for nan first clip for nan squad he joined past year.

Meanwhile, Britain's Ben Tulett said it was a "big surprise" to decorativeness 3rd successful nan accepted build-up title to Liege-Bastogne-Liege, La Fleche Wallonne.

Visma-Lease a Bike's Tulett, 24, conscionable mislaid retired adjacent nan apical of nan celebrated Mur de Huy climb successful Belgium to nan much-hailed caller French talent Paul Seixas of Decathlon CMA CGM, who hit Switzerland's Mauro Schmid to victory.