
Tom Pidcock had to smile. Asked whether it was still his opinion that the Élancourt Hill Olympic mountain bike course was “bland”, as he claimed last week in the build-up to this race, he could not keep a straight face.

The tenacious British rider storms back after an early puncture to win his second gold medal in dramatic fashion

Tom Pidcock said French fans booing him was not “really the spirit of the Olympics” after he sensationally beat home rider Victor Koretzky to Olympic mountain bike gold.