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There’s a fine line between confidence and cockiness, but by winning his self-predicted gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Tom Pidcock has made mountain bike history and catapulted the sport into the mainstream spotlight. Coming back from a broken collarbone just eight weeks before the event, and battling a poor grid position, the 22-year-old Yorkshireman dominated the race, winning by a massive 20 seconds. In the women’s race, Malvernslocal Evie Richards rode brilliantly, holding second place for a while, before taking a superb seventh in seriously slippery and strength-sapping conditions.