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Giro dell'Emilia 2024 (Oct. 5)

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James M

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Krzysztof_O said:
One hour ago I felt it would be attritional race in rain but even I didn't expect this comical gap!
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7 W kg /FTP. . Zone 2 for houuuuurs on 350-360 watts. What can they do? :sweatsmile:

He can just ride away in a pace noone else can sustain for more than 5min without blowing up weve seen it in all races entire year but it seems he is just getting better aswell. Looking good for next year I must say:coffee:
 
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Brullnux said:
I think he needs a team to tell him to drop the Tour de France delusion. Obviously, it's pretty hard to beat Pogacar in any one day race but he might get injured etc and he's basically second in line for that (Remco first).
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Pidcock always believed he was capable of being a TDF contender, as much as Ineos, and would give it a proper go from this year onwards. That was before Pog, Vingo, Evenepoel reshaped the landscape, so he and the team have a lot of thinking to do over the winter. Maybe have one serious attempt next year, fail, then refocus on the monuments?
 
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postmanhat said:
Pidcock always believed he was capable of being a TDF contender, as much as Ineos, and would give it a proper go from this year onwards. That was before Pog, Vingo, Evenepoel reshaped the landscape, so he and the team have a lot of thinking to do over the winter. Maybe have one serious attempt next year, fail, then refocus on the monuments?
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I don't think it was ever a serious proposition outside of a Thomas style transformation. It's difficult, because it's clearly how he sees himself and what he wants to do, but it really isn't what he's best at. In a hilly one day race he's probably the third best rider there is; in a GC race he's not even top 20. I think Ineos' obsession with the Tour didn't help, either. A proper, dedicated classics season and he can establish himself as "the best of the rest" outside the mutants, imo.
 
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James M said:
7 W kg /FTP. . Zone 2 for houuuuurs on 350-360 watts. What can they do? :sweatsmile:

He can just ride away in a pace noone else can sustain for more than 5min without blowing up weve seen it in all races entire year but it seems he is just getting better aswell. Looking good for next year I must say:coffee:
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Well, it's also that once he gets a gap everyone basically gives up. It's hard to race all out for second 🥈 place.
 
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I don't think it was ever a serious proposition outside of a Thomas style transformation. It's difficult, because it's clearly how he sees himself and what he wants to do, but it really isn't what he's best at. In a hilly one day race he's probably the third best rider there is; in a GC race he's not even top 20. I think Ineos' obsession with the Tour didn't help, either. A proper, dedicated classics season and he can establish himself as "the best of the rest" outside the mutants, imo.
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It's hard to say how he can do because the mtb worlds and olympic objectives always took priority the last 3-4 years. By his own admission, each mtb race costs him 3-5 days at remaining at altitude / dedicated road training camps and that's before all the dedicated mtb training and additional equipment testing days needed for mtb. which isn't focusing on racing with the GT team long list. As we see with Ferrand-Prevot, she will turn exclusively to road in order to target GC and I think Pidcock will have to do the same if he wants to reach his GC potential. 2nd best Young GC rider in '22 Tour is I think more relative of where his potential can go.
 
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What a dominating win today, first time in the rainbow jersey and already showing his strength. Shame about the horrible weather and bad pictures though, this race is so beautiful in sunny weather.

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