Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Mountain Bike Training - Izu MTB Course, Shizuoka, Japan - July 23, 2021. Tom Pidcock of Britain during training. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's Tom Pidcock has left nothing to chance for Monday's Olympic mountain bike race, training in a heated tent at home to prepare for Tokyo's soaring temperatures.
The 21-year-old, a road rider with Ineos Grenadiers but returning to his cyclo-cross roots for a shot at gold, is one of the favourites along with reigning champion Nino Schurter and Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel.
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