2024 Olympic XCO: Tom Pidcock and Ferrand-Prevot win gold
With the 2024 Pairs Olympic Mountain Bike XCO races done and dusted with we assess how the races were won, how the cards were played, and take a look at the surprises and lessons thrown up in the French dust of Elancourt Hill.
With it expected to be a very close and tactical race when things dried out, many riders, including PFP opted to race on hardtails in order to gain those extra speed benefits that can be carved out by a skilled rider, all be it at the potential higher risk of flatting, which many did.Racing got off to a predictably fast start, and the gaps soon opened at the front of the race, with the prime contenders all being towards the front.
Sadly, Lecomte started to fade and then took a heavy fall in the rock garden, which put her out of the race and out of consciousness for a moment. Thankfully she’s said to be fine now.
As things settled into a long and high-pressure lineout, Tom Pidcock, Victor Koretzky, along with the more established favourites were a little way down the string, and questions were being raised as to whether they or not they were biding their time or had the fast course and hot conditions favoured the young and the brave?
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