Pure question: where can I buy Tom Pidcock's tires?" On stage 12 of the Tour de France, with the breakaway group a few minutes ahead and seemingly established, Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers), just after the peloton climbed to the top of the Col du Galibier attacked. On the 17km descent that followed, the 22-year-old Englishman taught the Tour de France, and by extension millions of viewers, how to handle a bike. He also gave tire sponsors a marketing story that will be told for years to come.

Tom Pidcock seemed to push the limits of tire grip on the descent, carving out a 35-second advantage over the peloton within 4km. Soon after, he rounded the outside of Matthijs Rouvel (Arkea-Samsic) and quickly caught Chris Froome, who had attacked about 5km earlier. His ability to read the track, reach every apex, and gain a few seconds in a free run with not a centimeter of gap was described by many as "mesmerizing."

Pidcock is currently the Olympic champion in XC mountain biking and the elite men's cyclocross world champion. The 17km paved descent from the Galibier Pass should be a piece of cake for him. His bike handling and downhill ability are naturally high and well known. See the video at the bottom of this article.

Going back to Pidcock's tires mentioned earlier, he was using Continental's newest performance race tire, the GP5000 S TR. This tire will be available in October 2021, a few weeks before Sonny Colbrelli won Paris-Roubaix and Filippo Ganna won the time trial world championship.

In recent years, Ineos Grenadier has always used tubular wheels and tubular tires in mountain races. However, with the introduction of the new Pinarello Dogma F, the entire team will be using tubeless tires for 2022.

Unfortunately, we do not know what width tires Pidcock was using or at what tire pressures. We do know, however, that he was using Shimano Dura-Ace C36 tubeless wheels. Using Zipp's tire calculator and assuming that he was running the most common 25c width, we can guess that he was running between 67 PSI (4.7 bar) and 72 PSI (5 bar).

As for where to buy them, the best deals you can find online right now are: