Pidcock is switching his focus to MTB until mid-June

Tom Pidcock completed his first big racing block of 2026 at Friday's Eschborn-Frankfurt, where the Pinarello-Q36.5 leader finished second to Georg Zimmermann. Pidcock is now turning his attention to the mountain bike with a view to one of his biggest goals of the season at the MTB World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy, in late August.

First things first, Pidcock told In de Leiderstrui in Frankfurt, is a short rest, but he'll then start preparing for the second round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Nové Město na Moravě, Czechia, 22-24 May.

After that, it's back to the road and his build up to the Tour de France via the Tour de Suisse, where he finished sixth overall at his last appearance in 2024.