Video: Watch Tom Pidcock's astonishing saves at the Tour Series this week

If you’re a former world junior cyclo-cross champion and winner of Paris-Roubaix Juniors, as well as the reigning national criterium and Under-23 Cyclo-cross World Cup champion at the age of just 18, you will clearly have some highly impressive bike handling skills.

Tom Pidcock of Team Wiggins put them fully to use not once but twice during the Tour Series last week, pulling of not one but two astonishing saves in the rounds at Wembley and the season finale in Salisbury.

Pidcock, in the national champion's jersey, finished second in the season finale at Salisbury on Thursday to yet fellow Yorkshireman rider, Ed Clancy of JLT Condor, but only after both had pulled off spectacular swerves to avoid crashing into riders from the Canyon Eisberg team who had hit the deck but recovered to seal the team victory for this year’s Tour Series.

How to avoid a crash, @Ed_Clancy style

Our individual winner in Salisbury somehow managed to stay upright in this fall that almost ended @CanyonEisberg's title hopes during Thursday's Grand Final. #OVOTourSeries pic.twitter.com/9Ih6fLwuIF

— The Tour Series (@TourSeries) June 1, 2018

Possibly even more impressive was the one two days earlier at Wembley which happened as he came out of the final corner.

Not only did TPidcock manage to avoid crashing into the barriers, but despite unclipping he also went onto beat fellow Yorkshireman Connor Swift of Madison-Genesis in a two-up sprint for the line.

Think @Ed_Clancy's handling skills were good in Salisbury on Thursday night?

How about this incredible save by @Tompid on the final corner at @wembleypark on Tuesday night #OVOTourSeries pic.twitter.com/IGXCdOd7NQ

— The Tour Series (@TourSeries) June 1, 2018

The trajectory of Pidcock’s career to date has been nothing short of stellar – he’s also the current world junior time trial champion – and on the evidence so far, there are a lot of people who see him as a superstar in the making.

We’re not going to argue with that.