"The hardest one I've done" - Tom Pidcock's honest MTB warning despite emphatic Nové Město win

Tom Pidcock claimed his fifth consecutive victory at the Nové Město Mountain Bike World Cup round on Sunday, May 25, 2026, finishing well ahead of France's Luca Martin and Switzerland's Filippo Colombo. The win matched the historic record of five elite victories at the Czech course held by Swiss legend Nino Schurter. Mathieu van der Poel, who had been expected to compete, did not participate after his Alpecin-Premier Tech team denied earlier announcements of his entry.