Tom Pidcock crashed off the road and into a ravine at Catalunya but was able to alert his team via race radio (Photo: Szymon Gruchalski-Getty Images)
Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) crashed off the road and down into a ravine at Volta a Catalunya (2.UWT) today, Friday, saying nobody knew he was there and that he was lucky to avoid serious injury.
He managed to alert his team via race radio and was able to get out, get back on his bike and finish the stage. However, he was way back in 116th, some 29:04 on stage winner and new race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike).
Pidcock's incident happened in the latter stages of the race, with about 30km to go on the descent of the Collada Sobirana.
"Today I lost a life for sure," Pidcock said. "I'm going to self-proclaim as a ninja crasher, 60kph off a mountain and I'm relatively OK."
“I was drinking on the descent and misjudged a corner. I overshot it and went down the ravine. It was like one of these horror crashes you see, but I’m very lucky that I am okay.”
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"I’ll go for a check, but I think I’m okay. I am lucky I could talk on the radio. I was far from the road and nobody knew I was there. I’m happy I could finish the stage.”
Tom Pidcock took in Insta to share the location where he crashed, saying he was declaring it a 'Ninja' 60km per hour crash
Pidcock needed a change of bike after the incident, but his team has said initial assessments appear to indicate no serious injury. It added the British rider "went off the road after misjudging a corner, in what was a significant fall down a ravine".
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"Despite the severity of the crash, he was able to return to the road, change bikes and continue racing, ultimately crossing the finish line," it added.
Pidcock has been in flying form of late, winning Milano-Torino (1.Pro) and finishing 2nd in Milano-Sanremo (1.UWT).
While started today's stage 5 in 2nd place overall, just 13 seconds down on Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers), and so best of the GC riders, he is now out of the battle for the leader's jersey.
Today's stage took the riders 153km to the summit finish on Coll de Pal, where Vingegaard rode away to win the day solo.
Caída en el último tramo peligroso del descenso antes de afrontar la subida a Coll de Pal
No te pierdas la etapa 'reina' de @VoltaCatalunya
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Pidcock wasn't the only one to come a cropper on the last descent before the summit finish climb
