Tweets of the week: Tom Pidcock as a cake, Mark Cavendish speaks Gen Z, and stiletto cycling shoes

There's a likeness beneath the icing

Tom Pidcock waving to the crowd at Amstel Gold Race 2024
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Sometimes a picture pops up on social media that halts my scrolling thumb immediately. I’ll gawp at it for a few seconds, and if I find it funny, I’ll let out an amused puff of air through my nose. Then I’ll send it to someone else, so they too can feel the same rush of emotions.

This past week, it was a picture of Tom Pidcock that set me on that well-trodden path. Well, it wasn’t Tom Pidcock, per se. It was Tom Pidcake, a dessert incarnation of the Ineos Grenadiers rider.

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Tom Davidson
Senior News and Features Writer

Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is fluent in French and Spanish, and holds a master's degree in International Journalism, which he passed with distinction. Since 2020, he has been the host of The TT Podcast, offering race analysis and rider interviews.

An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill, and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides. His best result is 28th in a hill-climb competition, albeit out of 40 entrants.