DBritish mountain biker Thomas Pidcock (Thomas Pidcock) won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympic cross-country. The 21-year-old won the Izu mountain bike course after 28.25 kilometers before the Swiss World Cup runner-up Mathias Flückiger.
David Valero from Spain won the bronze medal before Rio Olympic champion Nino Shute (Switzerland). Mathieu van der Pol, who is the common favorite of the Dutch, crashed early and had to retire on the fifth lap of the seven laps.
Veteran Manuel Fumic (Kirchheim / Teck) finished 28th in his fifth and final Olympic Games. The 39-year-old runner-up of the 2013 World Cup ended his career after the season. Maximilian Brandl (Wombach) finished 21st.
Van der Pol’s back problems
The 26-year-old Van der Poel was stuck on the Sakura Drop by the front wheel on the first lap of seven laps and fell onto the handlebar. Van der Pol stopped him before he had to give up and continued the game briefly. The grandson of French cycling legend Raymond Poulidor has been wearing the championship yellow jersey for six days at this year’s Tour de France, and got off the car before the ninth stage to prepare for the race in Tokyo. In this case, the German duo has been eliminated.
The all-rounder Pedercock, on his way to a professional player signed by the top team Ineos-Grenadier, launched an attack at the end of the fourth lap and drove away from his main rival, Frychg. In the battle for the bronze medal in the four-man team, Valero competed with eight-time world champion Schulte, Frenchman Victor Koretski and New Zealand’s Anton Cooper.
