Tom 'Pidders' Pidcock

[stonerider]

Ineos needs to ride for A. J. August! He is their only hope for a result.

 

[repre]

Ineos needs to ride for A. J. August! He is their only hope for a result.

He can win, if he would start on Saturday

 

[Stasat]

Ineos needs to ride for A. J. August! He is their only hope for a result.

Is his weight on PCS correct? 57kg ?

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Is this the most pained attempt at a smile ever?

 

[stonerider]

Is his weight on PCS correct? 57kg ?

I bet he weighs more than Pidcock.

 

[Stasat]

I bet he weighs more than Pidcock.

Certainly looks like it. According to Hotubes he was 171cm and 59kg @ 17 years old. Bit too light for the cobbles of PR either way.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Ineos needs to ride for A. J. August! He is their only hope for a result.

Have you seen Josh Tarling in Flanders?

 

[JRanton]

I bet you'll be very surprised about this:

Mad

 

[jmdirt]

Ineos needs to ride for A. J. August! He is their only hope for a result.

I think that Tom can win it too.

 

[jmdirt]

Is this the most pained attempt at a smile ever?

He looks like he's dying to get to the men's room.

 

[Nick2413]

Is he too small for PR or is that concept outdated now?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I bet you'll be very surprised about this:

Picture of Pidcock was taken at the exact moment they told him he would ride PR.

 

[jmdirt]

Is he too small for PR or is that concept outdated now?

IMO, outdated...maybe never was a real thing...

 

[repre]

Is he too small for PR or is that concept outdated now?

He has a chance in muddy Roubaix, technical aspect has more value in this conditions

 

[Sciatic]

IMO, outdated...maybe never was a real thing...

My impression is that bike technology has helped equal out the possible disadvantages for lighter riders. But you may be right, I’m not sure anyone ever documented a real difference. But it did make some sense: the more a rider can keep wheels in contact with the cobbles the faster they should be able to go.

 

[Nick2413]

I still think size probably does matter for the sheer amount of flat riding in PR, with cobbles reducing the relative effect of drafting without adding a gravity component, favoring bigger riders. But a race like Flanders I don’t see any reason a small rider shouldn’t excel.

 

[tobydawq]

Is this the most pained attempt at a smile ever?

I see you haven't come across my Tinder profile...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Come on guys
you'll look foolish
if he podiums

 

[Armchair cyclist]

I see you haven't come across my Tinder profile...

nor shall I be seeking it out

 

[JRanton]

Nicely done. 2nd Amstel win .

Definitely the race that suits him best on the calendar.

 

[Brullnux]

Nicely done. 2nd Amstel win .

Definitely the race that suits him best on the calendar.

Yes, I think this and Strade Bianche, though Strade Bianche also suits Van Aert and MvdP more than Amstel so in relative terms I agree.

Without Pogacar and Remco, he could also win Liege. Pogacar will be there though, so will take bad luck for Pogacar or absolutely awful tactics.

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats TP!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOQyUHl6ZHA

 

[BigCoward]

Double world champ and Olympic champions off the road, Strade and Amstel, plus alpe stage in tour. If he's the most over rated rider according to the board........

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Plus
he now has two puppies
not just one.

 

[Anderis]

If he's the most over rated rider according to the board........

I already said in the "Most overrated rider" thread that these kind of polls are inherently worthless. If you overrate a rider, you'll never vote for him as overrated. And you're most likely to vote for a rider whom you underrate.
The question is basically "What rider am I wrong about?". How are people ever going to vote truthfully on such a question?