Pidcock Strikes Gold for Team Wiggins in the second edition of the East Cleveland Klondike GP
Tom Pidcock strikes Gold along Westgate in Guisborough for Team Wiggins in the second round of the HSBC-UK BC Spring Cup Series, the East Cleveland Klondike Grand Prix, the second successive win for the team since the inaugural race in 2017 when Chris Latham took the honours.
A young Pidcock showed his world class talent ahead of team selection for his debut in this week’s forth edition of the Tour De Yorkshire – riding for Team GB.
Riding into Guisborough in the final kilometre, Pidcock had Matt Holmes, JTL-Condor for company having shed Jonny McEvoy Madison-Genesis as the three men escaped on the final small circuit. Holmes set off his sprit with a hundred meters to the finish line, but the 18 year old Yorkshire Man had the legs to finish the job off.
A long established three-man break formed early on after several Kermises on the out lap. Team Wiggin’s were represented along with Erick Rowsell and Conor Swift, both Madison-Genesis. The long break of the day lasted till around twenty kilometres remaining gaining around four minutes at one point, Rowsell picking up the KOM prize in Saltburn-by-the-Sea for his hard days effort in the saddle.
As ONE Pro Cycling and JLT Condor piled on the pressure in the closing stages, the three leaders were eventually brought back into the fold before a counter-attack from a dozen or so riders including Series Leader Karol Domagalski, ONE Pro Cycling and strong man Steve Lampier, riding for Saint Piran this season.
McEvoy’s third place takes him four points in front of Domagalski and into the Leaders Jersey ahead of round three the Chestnut Homes Lincoln Grand Prix on Sunday 13th May.
Top 20 Results
1 Tom Pidcock Team Wiggins 3.57.43
2 Matt Holmes JLT Condor
3 Jonny McEvoy Madison Genesis
4 Steve Lampier Saint Piran
5 Gabriel Cullaigh Team Wiggins
6 Karol Domagalski ONE Pro Cycling
7 William Harper Saint Piran
8 Edmund Bradbury JLT Condor
9 James Gullen JLT Condor
10 George Pym Madison Genesis
11 Max Steadman Canyon Eisberg
12 Oil Wood JLT Condor
13 Peter Kibble Wales Racing-Academy
14 Joey Walker Team Wiggins
15 Seid Lidze Holdsworth Pro Cycling
16 Robert Scott Team Wiggins
17 Gruffudd Lewis Ribble Cycling
18 Ryan Christensen Olivers Real Food
19 Louis Szymanski Cycling Sheffield Giant Sheffield
20 Rupert Graham Spirit Tifosi Racing Team
Series Standing after round two.
1 Jonny McEvoy Madison-Genesis 54
2 Karol Domagalski ONE Pro Cycling 50
3 Steve Lampier Saint Piran 46
4 Tom Pidcock Team Wiggins 40
5 Gabriel Cullaigh Team Wiggins 30
6 Max Steadman Canyon Eisberg 30
7 Tom Moses JLT Condor 28
8 Edmund Bradbury JLT Condor 28
9 Richard Handley Madison Genesis 26
10 Pete Williams ONE Pro Cycling 24
