Tom Pidcock and Evie Richards both secure bronze for Great Britain at UCI Cycling World Championships in Scotland

Tom Pidcock came third in the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in the Cross-country Short Track mountain bike event.

The race in Scotland was won by New Zealand’s Sam Gaze in a time of 20:27, beating France’s Victor Koretzky into silver by a fraction of a second.

The 27-year-old Gaze rides for Alpecin-Deceuninck on the road and is a 2017 Mountain Bike World Champion. He is also the current World Marathon champion in the discipline, and remains in excellent form.

Pidcock finished two…