Yesterday’s 2023 UCI XCC Short Track World Championships proved to be as controversial as it was exciting. While French rider, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, stormed to victory aboard the all-new Pinarello Dogma XC HT, her INEOS Grenadiers team mate, Tom Pidcock, rode the same to a Bronze medal. No mention of Tom and yesterday’s Short Track is complete without mention of the event that took place in the final turn…
The British rider made unintended contact with Germany’s Luca Schwarzbauer as he slipped through a small gap left open by Schwarzbauer on the inside of the final turn. As a result, Luca lost rear wheel traction, forcing a low side crash. He conceded the position to Tom, who went on to secure 3rd place. New Zealand’s Sam Gaze took the Gold medal, with Frenchman Victor Koretzky taking Silver.
Back to the bikes…
Indeed, yesterday was the first time the new Pinarello Dogma XC HT has graced the race track. This particular race track is nowhere near as rough as some we’ve seen on the World Cup circuit this season, and so it wasn’t too much of a surprise to see a number of riders opting to use a hardtail.
Without further ado, let’s take a closer look at Tom’s Dogma XC HT, and how it has been set up by his mechanic, Arune Kristensen.

Pro Bike Check: Tom Pidcock’s Pinarello Dogma XC HT
- Rider: Tom Pidcock
- Age: 24
- Nationality: British
- Height: 170 cm
- 2023 Season Best Result: 1st at UCI World Cup XC, Nové Město
Fresh off the back of the Tour de France, Tom Pidcock is switching gears this week for his assault on the 2023 UCI XCO World Championships in Scotland. As discussed, Tom’s week got off to a good start with a 3rd place finish in Short Track. While that would have secured him a front row start for the XCO in a World Cup race, it is the rider’s UCI World Ranking that determines their start position in the XCO World Champs race. Tom is currently ranked 19th in the world. That said, we all know this man does not necessarily need a front row start…





At 170 cm tall (5ft 7″), Tom is riding the Pinarello Dogma XC Hardtail in a size small. The bike is not yet in production, and we are still waiting on Pinarello for more information about sizing availability and geometry. What we do know, is that they have implemented a patented asymmetric rear triangle design which reinforces the non-driveside with a more direct triangulated layout to offer increased stiffness to “counterbalance the higher forces being applied” through the drivetrain by the rider’s pedaling input.















