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Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock raced from the back to claim a sensational win in the cross-country short track at the Mountain Bike World Series.<\/span><\/p>\n The 23-year-old started the race in the Czech Republic in 40th place out of 41 after deciding to take part in the event just hours before it started.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n But a late surge saw him power from 22nd place with two laps remaining.<\/span><\/p>\n New Zealand’s Samuel Gaze came second with Germany’s Luca Schwartzbauer in third.<\/span><\/p>\n “I only found out I was racing at 3pm having already done a three-and-a-half-hour training run this morning,” Pidcock told Eurosport.<\/span><\/p>\n “I’ve been second here in the short track before so it’s nice to win one.<\/span><\/p>\n “I wasn’t really stressed at the start because I’d rather start a bit further behind, give ourselves a bit of space.<\/span><\/p>\n “I also didn’t want to crash today. I have crashed on short track before and it can ruin the weekend. So just trying to stay out of trouble.”<\/span><\/p>\n Olympic gold medallist Pidcock won the race in 20 minutes 17 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n Austrian Laura Stigger won the women’s race with Switzerland’s Alessandra Keller finishing second ahead of compatriot Sina Frei.<\/span><\/p>\n