FANS have been left fuming after the BBC cut away from the Olympic mountain biking.
Team GB supporters were watching on as Tom Pidcock raced for gold but the broadcaster changed to show Bargain Hunt instead.
A puncture for Pidcock!
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Pidcock, 24, was winning the event when the channel inexplicably changed to the antiques show.
To make matters worse, the Brit suffered a dramatic puncture on one of his tyres.
Fans were left fuming as they took to social media to complain about missing the dramatic moment.
One posted: “BBC Sport disgraceful. Tom Pidcock live and they cut channels.
“Tom has a puncture and we missed it! Disgraceful. Terrible that BBC One wasn’t ready. Truly amateur hour.”
A second wrote: “And the BBC Sport decide that cutting out a chunk of the live mountain biking to bleat on about the morning events, missing Tom Pidcock getting a puncture and falling back.”
A third complained: “Watching mountain biking on BBC2, it suddenly goes off for ruddy Bargain Hunt! Off back to BBC1.”
A fourth commented: “The BBC continuously changing channels & now we’ve all missed Tom Pidcock having a puncture.”
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A fifth said: “BBC changed channels and Pidcock gets a puncture.”
Another added: “Why have the BBC cut away as Pidcock punctured?”
Pidcock had been in first place and chasing a gold medal when the puncture struck.
It is not the first time Team GB’s cyclists have had punctures as Josh Tarling also had to deal with the issue.
He missed out on a medal in the time trial earlier in the Olympics because of a puncture.
Fortunately, Pidcock was able to successfully recover from the picture to win the event.
He bravely battled back to pip Victor Koretzky to the gold medal in a thrilling end to the race.
