Tom Pidcock has no doubts about his objectives and what to focus on from now until the day of his retirement. The versatile British rider of Pinarello-Q36.5 has now understood, after several seasons spent among the top performers on road, cyclocross and mountain bike, where he can realistically establish himself in the coming seasons and, as is his custom, he doesn't hesitate to make it clear.

"I want to manage to win a Monument classic, the Road World Championships (and at that point I will have conquered the rainbow jersey in three different disciplines) and also the Gravel World Championships, but the latter in reality, if I don't manage to win them, wouldn't be a disaster" declared without hesitation to The Guardian the two-time Olympic cyclocross champion, a discipline that the twenty-six-year-old from Leeds has no intention of abandoning.

"I will certainly aim to put around my neck a third Olympic medal" announced ambitiously a Pidcock who, precisely in the phases immediately following the five-ring appointment set ten years from now, has already decided to end his career as an athlete.

"My goal is to conclude my career after five Olympics, so after the 2036 Olympic Games I will retire".

Before that day, Pidcock will likely continue to commit himself on multiple fronts and therefore, limiting the discussion to road racing, will continue to compete with the most talented champions of the sector, present and future, both on the occasion of the most important one-day races and major stage races, a context in which, although not excelling, Pidcock demonstrated just a year ago that he can aspire to something considerable.

"The Grand Tours don't excite me that much, but they remain a goal nonetheless" revealed the third-place finisher at last year's Vuelta España.

"If I manage to win a major stage race, it will certainly be the most important result of my career because for me it's difficult to maintain the same level of concentration for three consecutive weeks. Everything I've achieved so far, I've always imagined it in my head before realizing it, I've never won anything by improvising, as if by magic" explained without filters a Pidcock who doesn't rule out, in certain circumstances, being able to compete head-to-head even against the greatest contemporary exponents of the matter.

"I'm not saying that at this moment I'm able to beat Pogacar, Seixas and Vingegaard, but in the right situation I can think of managing it. And in the right conditions, I can think of winning a Grand Tour as well" concluded decisively and realistically the winner of Strade Bianche 2023.