Tom Pidcock avant le départ du 110e Tour de France ! Cela faisait longtemps que la formation INEOS Grenadiers n'avait pas abordé le Tour de France sans grand leader défini ni favori pour le maillot Jaune ! Parmi les têtes d'affiche de la sélection britannique, Tom Pidcock fait partie des coureurs qui devraient avoir un grand rôle à jouer sur cette 110e Grande Boucle, lui qui a remporté une étape de prestige au sommet de l'Alpe d'Huez en 2022. Présent en conférence de presse aux côtés d'Egan Bernal ce mercredi, le jeune Britannique lorgne logiquement sur ce weekend basque qui lui correspond particulièrement. "Les deux premières étapes seront de belles opportunités pour moi, même si beaucoup de coureurs peuvent s'y imposer, dont moi. Je ne regarde pas vraiment plus loin que ces premiers jours au Pays-basque, on avisera par la suite en fonction de comment ça s'est passé là-bas".
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00:00 Tom, as a teammate, how would you describe what Igan has been through for the last couple
00:09 of years to get to this level?
00:12 I think it's an achievement in itself for him to be back at the Tour de France.
00:18 It doesn't really matter what happens in this race.
00:25 I think it's an incredible achievement to have nearly lost his life to now be on the
00:30 start line of the Tour again.
00:33 I think that we should all respect and acknowledge.
00:43 How do you help him to get more confident after his crash and for his first Grand Tour?
00:51 How do I help him get more confident?
00:54 I'm telling him he's not shit.
01:02 Rod Ellingworth said the other day that the hope is that you could go a step further this
01:07 year.
01:08 Obviously, you won a stage last year, so I'm just kind of curious what that means.
01:11 What would a step further be for you at this Tour de France?
01:15 I think last year started quite well.
01:26 In the mountains I think is where I can make the step.
01:32 That's where I'd like to see myself improve.
01:34 I'm a light rider, so it should suit my characteristics.
01:41 Bigger efforts are where I can make the biggest step.
01:46 In that case, I can make a step in the GC and also in my general performance in the
01:50 Tour.
01:51 That's what I would like to see in the next three weeks.
01:57 Last year you won at the Alpe d'Huez.
02:01 You just said that you are aiming for stages, probably most of all in the mountains.
02:08 Are there any stages or is there any stage of this year's Tour that you are aiming for
02:13 in the Pyrenees or maybe it will be at the Alps like last year?
02:20 I think the first two stages are going to be an opportunity where a lot of riders are
02:25 going to be looking, including myself, to try and win straight off the bat.
02:32 I think after that it's about re-evaluating and re-assessing where to go.
02:40 I don't particularly want to look past these first few days in the Basque Country.
02:49 We all know you for your spectacular, maybe sometimes risky, downhilling.
02:55 Having the accident at the Tour de Suisse in mind, would you say it might affect your
03:01 riding style, maybe even the riding of the whole peloton?
03:07 Yes, I think so.
03:13 That was especially for everyone at the race, it was pretty hard hitting.
03:19 I didn't see a single rider take any risks after that incident in the last two stages.
03:27 Of course, it hit everyone hard.
03:34 Personally, I think one of the things that hit me was it happened descending, which is
03:42 something that I love.
03:43 I think that showed me what the consequences can be when it goes wrong.
03:54 I never take uncalculated risks when I'm descending and I don't take unnecessary risks.
04:02 Things can happen.
04:03 We're riding down the Sense at 100 km/h in Lycra and we're not surrounded by foam.
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