Is this the same Pidcock who is the current Olympic champion? And this year has won Strade Bianchi & Nove Mesto World Cups (XCC, XCO) - plus a podium in a monument......
I'm sure he's the only rider to achieve that this season, and only MvdP has done something similar. But he's over rated.......
I really don't care about results in these other disciplines. Fair game if you do but I was aware of them when I made my post. I just don't value them like you do.
Pidcock is obviously one of the more talented riders and he will continue to do fine in hilly classics but at various times he has been presented at this multi-faceted threat which I simply don't see him becoming.
He's not gonna win PR with his sub 60 kg frame.
No he won't win TDF either as he is not quite built like a pgymy.
No he won't rock the one week stage races with climbing and TT'ing like that.
Concerning comparisons with WVA and MVDP we keep in mind that this is his 3rd more or less full season on the road and he raced through U23.
WVA and MVDP only really began doing a decent volume of road racing in I think 2018 or 2019? Which is 5th or 6th season at best despite their age. Both of them won monuments in those first 3 seasons and podiumed a lot more.
What Pidcock brings to the table is an apparent amazing versatility based on him doing stuff in U23. Pogacar and Bernal notoriously did so too but that climbing class showed almost immediately.
It's only when it comes to Pidcock that there is apparently a massive gap between U23 best and elite best and he still needs time.