Tom Pidcock drops a descending masterclass during Stage 12 of 2022 Tour de France | Eurosport

I did this descent a few weeks ago and was scared going 50 Km/h. Sharp corners, no barriers and crosswinds made it very challenging. I can only admire Tom Pidcock for his courage and skill!

Man and machine as one - brilliant.

Wonderful but this guy chickened out at road championship at his own island. Because he wants to do mountainbike.. wtf? Absolute no winner this guy. And afraid of real competition. 2 years ago I thought different of him. A shame.

Which col is this he's descending, croix de fer?

I believe hes currently one of the best descenders in the world.

Hope the dude made sure his health insurance was paid before descending

Insane !!!

Too risky😮

makes me laugh how they think it's something special, seriously if you're a fast motorcycle rider and can get your knee down comfortably this is actually really slow lol.. the only difficult thing is judging grip on the thin tyres, the actual threading corners and correct entry speed and optimal line is easy. I've done all those corners significantly faster on a motorcycle so it's not being able to see / read the road at that speed it's the lean angle afforded by the rubber.

Mad skills, big respect.

Man and bike as one. Fabulous. Possible TDF winner of the future.

The agility, strength and balance of a MTB rider combined with a tough, strong lightweight road rider will only bring success for Pidcock in tour riding.

I hope he keeps at it.

Gimme a 125cc and I overtake him doing a wheelie. Not a big deal cutting corners on a 10kg bike. Do it with a real motorcycle, different story

Kraft work. 💝💝💝💝💝🤒🤒💝💝💝💝💝. 🍌🛬. ❤️

I can do that twice as fast.

His skills are excellent...

I never thought Cancellara descending like a rocket in between the cars and bikes in 2009 could be topped.... but here we are🤯🤯🤯

Love this

The first time I remember seeing TP race was in a wet criterium at Aberystwyth and I thought that was more impressive because of the uncertain grip. I can see how cycle cross skills helped him there but I’d be interested to hear someone like Mark Cavendish’s opinion about this descent because the sprinters rely on the descents to make up the time they have lost on the climb to make the time limit. Wasn’t Pidcock somewhat responsible for the crash in Liege Bastogne Liege which wrecked Julian Alaphillipe’s season? You’re a great bike handler - until you fall off…

This is almost f1 type apex yk?

I don't think that he necessarily chooses a better path through the corner than the other riders, as I hear the commentators suggest. To me it seems that he is just able to leaning into the corners a bit more and thus going through them at a slightly higher speed. I think he is just more confident in knowing what angle the bike and tires can handle.

👍👏👏👏💪🚴‍♂️🇷🇸

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I don’t recall ‘Pidcock’ trying to follow the two Flanders Flappers: either down, with Pidcock riding like a MOTO GP pro, nor along the flats with Chris Frome as Tom’s personal time trial lead-out and definitely not up The Alpe d’Huez: itself. Messrs Waffles no where to be seen!! stage 12 TDF 2022. Alpe D’Huez smashed in red and white: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧 Tom will win 5 stages in TDF this year and 5 in Giro. ….

Is it Olli Bridgewood Commentary from GCN?

Speeds of up to 120 kph puts this into context. Context is Unreal. Crazy skills from Pidcock

Tom Bigcock

I actually find the idea of being a motorbike pillion cameraman slightly more terrifying, at least Tom is in control of his vehicle.

Tom's incredible but how about some recognition for the camera bike pilot and cameraman in this descent. Tipping that heavy bike with 2 people and all the gear through these tight turns while avoiding the riders takes real skill!

Road it like a motorcyclist. The majority of cyclists don't have a clue on technique to get the bike to flick like that to square the turn.

Low centre of gravity. 👍

Masterful descending but lets not forget the amazing camerawork too 👍

He just ate Louvel and Powless for lunch. You're going down a mountain at insane speeds and then Pidcock flies past you swigging on his bidon. 😆

Soo much bottle… if his wheels slide out and loses traction he’s gonna have some serious injuries.. imagine a motorcyclist wearing nothing but Lycra..

Those descending skills are ridiculous. 😮😮😮

Maybe he first got a master class of Valentino Rossi.

This in 35 years of watching racing is some of the best technical descending I have every seen. His climbing after was great. He disappeared after such a performance. Which is very normal. That makes me think that he is clean.

Tom does know where the bend is, he knows where the entry point and apex is because he's reading the road, he's interpreting visual information faster than the others, he is looking further ahead and able to read the limit points ... Adam was right about the late turn in Tom's planning so far ahead he is flowing at full gas into the bends ... classic high level roadcraft and his unbelievable skill are combining to produce speed...

A joy to watch , no doubt he has skill but how much of his skill and knowledge is down to the fact that the roads are closed and he's has the comfort of knowing there no vehicle's on the road or worst still coming head on ??

Let’s not forget this was on his way to winning the stage to Alpe D’Huez. Doesn’t get bigger on the Tour. Chapeau!

only one word: daredevil 👍🏻

Let´s just say he is a bit better at descending than Jan Ulrich was 🤣🤣😂😂

The best I have ever seen in 60 years of watching cycling !

One of very few occasions where I see a cyclist ride the apex almost as good as a motogp rider

Get this boy on a MotoGP bike. I’m curious how he’ll do.

Beautiful! Wow.

I don't know why but at moments this gave me Isle of Man TT vibes

And kudos to the motorbike driver behind him…

No one will beat him descending when he wants to go fast that’s why he’s the best in the world on a MTB and top 3 in the world at CX😊👍

Nice to hear Sean Kelly - legend 😎