Tom 'Pidders' Pidcock

[MatParker117]

Off to the Vuelta apparently, stage win on the cards?

 

[MartinGT]

Only if he breaks his bot implant he needs for GT's

 

[SafeBet]

Off to the Vuelta apparently, stage win on the cards?

Only one?

 

[MartinGT]

This years Nationals suits Pidcock to a T. National stripes by the end of the year too?

 

[armchairclimber]

What a ride.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Epic win. Can't wait to see him in the Vuelta.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

when the bbc get hold of it - lots of mentions about 'team gb' corporate *** that clearly Pidcock has nothing to do with and the presenter calls it 'mountain climbing'...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Impressive especially considering the collarbone fracture less than two (?) months ago.

 

[King Of The Wolds]

This years Nationals suits Pidcock to a T. National stripes by the end of the year too?

National stripes, Vuelta stage win, Cross Rainbows, then a big Classic. Why not?

 

[Vino's Mum]

Huge win. This made me laugh...

”I'm happy this s...’s only every four years because it's f...... stressful."

 

[MartinGT]

when the bbc get hold of it - lots of mentions about 'team gb' corporate *** that clearly Pidcock has nothing to do with and the presenter calls it 'mountain climbing'...

They called him Tim Podcock at one point

 

[Black Betsy]

Mighty Pidders playing cat and mouse with Flueckiger ( btw, I didn't enjoy the coverage at all + those atrocious O'sullivan + fookin Alonso breaks) . Wished Koretzky made it harder for him.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

How many angels can you balace on top of a pin?
One
Tom Piddock.

 

[will-10]

That was awesome, and I'm also really glad he doesn't have any unfinished business on the MTB now.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

That was awesome, and I'm also really glad he doesn't have any unfinished business on the MTB now.

He still does. He wants to win World titles in different disciplines; so I'd think he would target the MTB in the future.

 

[Eclipse]

Finally caught up. What a ride that was.

 

[Fuente De]

Unfortunately I could only watch with some breaks in-between but Tom was very impressive and rode extremely aggressive and put first the group, then Schurter and then Flückiger to the test. A very worthy champ, even though he came late to the sport. I hope he finds a good way to balance all his ambitions but there is lots to come from him.

The races between VDP, WVA & him will be hopefully what drives the fan enthusiasm in this sport whilst the Tour and (GC) stage racing in general may remain rather stale for the foreseeable future.

 

[TMP402]

They called him Tim Podcock at one point

To be fair that was Gerald de Kock on the world feed, not the BBC.

 

[RownhamHill]

To be fair that was Gerald de Kock on the world feed, not the BBC.

And to be even fairer he was obviously in on the joke as he'd just stumbled over saying Pidcock in the heat of the moment, and was laughing at his own mistake.

 

[johnymax]

Is he riding La Vuelta?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Is he riding La Vuelta?

He is

'I'm not in a rush to fully commit to a Grand Tour,' says Tom Pidcock, as Vuelta a España beckons

The Brit is determined to continue his multi-discipline programme even as he prepares for his Grand Tour debut

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Have just realised he's followed in the footsteps of 2000 Olympic MTB champion Miguel Martinez; U23 CX World Champion, U23 XCO MTB World Champion.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

provisional schedule:

14 Aug-5 Sept: Vuelta a España
26 Sept: Road Worlds
10-17 Oct: CX World Cup in USA - Waterloo, Fayetteville (same course as worlds) and Iowa City.

- CX through to November (probs up to Koksijde on 21 Nov), then a break, before restarting in the build up the big christmas races and CX worlds.

So potentially no roubaix and definitely no nationals (17 oct).

 

[King Of The Wolds]

provisional schedule:

14 Aug-5 Sept: Vuelta a España
26 Sept: Road Worlds
10-17 Oct: CX World Cup in USA - Waterloo, Fayetteville (same course as worlds) and Iowa City.

- CX through to November (probs up to Koksijde on 21 Nov), then a break, before restarting in the build up the big christmas races and CX worlds.

So potentially no roubaix and definitely no nationals (17 oct).

Roubaix on 3rd, so no reason he couldn't do it. At this stage of his development though, he'll probably struggle against the bigger, more powerful guys like WvA, MvdP and Asgreen. Worlds though, dependent on how he comes out of La Vuelta, on that course, he'll be a favourite.

 

[glassmoon]

Damn... I really hoped he'd go to Val di Sole for the XCO World Championships at the end of Aug.