Tom 'Pidders' Pidcock

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Is he too small for PR or is that concept outdated now?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Is he too small for PR or is that concept outdated now?

IMO, outdated...maybe never was a real thing...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Is he too small for PR or is that concept outdated now?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IMO, outdated...maybe never was a real thing...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?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Plus
he now has two puppies
not just one.

So he does, so he does. Aren't they just darling?

TNT Sports Cycling on Instagram: "🥇 Tom Pidcock celebrates his Amstel Gold victory with his girlfriend and his canine companions 💖🐶🐶 #AmstelGold #AGR2024 #cycling #roadrace #HomeOfCycling"

12K likes, 27 comments - tntsportscycling on April 14, 2024: "🥇 Tom Pidcock celebrates his Amstel Gold victory with his girlfriend and his canine companions 💖🐶🐶 #AmstelGold #AGR2024 #cycling #roadrace #HomeOfCycling".

www.instagram.com

 

[Berniece]

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........

It's compared to the hype around him, and what he's supposed to be able to do. Which is being a GT winner and at the same level as riders like Pogacar, MVDP, WVA, Evenepoel, etc. Which he isn't.

 

[Netserk]

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?

Most solipsistic take ever.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

It's compared to the hype around him, and what he's supposed to be able to do. Which is being a GT winner and at the same level as riders like Pogacar, MVDP, WVA, Evenepoel, etc. Which he isn't.

In the last 6 months he's won a XCO World Cup, a CX World Cup, and now a World Tour road race........No one else has done that; man or woman.

Being good at one discipline is impressive, he's good at not one, not two, but three. That's not really normal.......

Too many on here, and in the media simply don't get it; the ignorance beggars belief......