Tom 'Pidders' Pidcock

[TourOfSardinia]

Plus ...
Milano-Sanremo,
Strade Bianche
Tirreno-Adriatico

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

so...

Vuelta a Andalucia
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Strade Bianche
Tirreno-Adriatico
Milan-San Remo

Brabantse Pijl
Amstel Gold Race
La Flèche Wallonne
Liège-Bastogne-Liège

quite a light schedule considering, thought he might have done Jaen considering he's there a couple of days later. No cobbles after Omloop, relatively the same as last year.
Probably indicates the team have been told they are doing the Giro.

???
Giro
British Road Champs? (not at Ineos/TdF anymore helps this)
MTB Summer (although really doesn't fit with worlds being during Vuelta which has been talked about)
Dates available:
Val di Sole June 22
Andorra July 13

Vuelta GC

Italian Classics

 

[Rob5091]

Q36.5 doing the Giro seems logical as their roots are in Italy.

 

[pastronef]

so...



Vuelta GC

Italian Classics

I don't think Q36.5 will get a Vuelta wild card

 

[Rob5091]

Long article on Pidders - another probably ADHD in the peloton
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/28/tom-pidcock-cycling-tour-de-france-ineos

Pidcock himself has not been tested for ADHD, but says “I’m sure I probably have it. But I don’t suffer in the same way that Joey does, in it affecting my performance.

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats TP!

 

[MartinGT]

Long article on Pidders - another probably ADHD in the peloton
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/28/tom-pidcock-cycling-tour-de-france-ineos

I know a few lads who were at school with him and have said for years he deffo has it lol

 

[Rob5091]

I know a few lads who were at school with him and have said for years he deffo has it lol

I think it's easier to ask who does not have ADHD or something similar in the peloton.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Rode like a winner at the business end. Couldn't ask for more. Chapeau.

 

[No Excuses]

Very good race today. The only one being able to follow Pog for some time.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

First blood?
Without the unexpected company of Pidcock
I doubt Pog would taken that line and slipped off the road
and so need to patch up and recover before the next encounter.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Has to go full Gerro and wheelsuck Pogacar in one day races instead of pulling. Other than that, clearly getting better after getting out of the British septic tank.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

'It was a lot closer, but not close enough' - Tom Pidcock challenges Tadej Pogačar at Strade Bianche

Q36.5 rider hails his best ever Classics performance after duelling with Slovenian

www.cyclingnews.com

Pidcock admitted that Pogačar seemed to have incredible, Terminator-level resilience.

"I don't think it affected him so much. He looks pretty hurt, but it would affect me more," he admitted.
"Is he superhuman?" Pidcock was asked.
"You have to cut him open when he dies and see…" Pidcock joked.
"What do you expect to find?"
"Heart, lungs, the normal sh*t," he joked.

 

[Gratemans]

British septic tank

Ouch 😆

 

[Sciatic]

I tuned into the live broadcast just prior to Pog's crash, so today I watched the replay from the beginning of coverage (100 km to go) to the crash. I was pretty impressed with Pidcock. He was constantly glued to Pogacar's wheel like a lamprey from Kms 100 to 77 or so. And it seemed like he went to the front when Wellens (or another UAE rider) started to flag while pulling the group as a way to already be at higher pace when Pog accelerated. Then doggedly hung on for that first Pogacar attack. He wasn't having any of this "we can't control what Pogacar does so we'll just ride our own race" attitude. I thought he shouldn't have worked as much when Pogacar returned, but at that point he wasn't going to beat him. I appreciate Pidcock giving us more of a race dynamic even if the outcome was still pretty certain.

 

[Berniece]

Has to go full Gerro and wheelsuck Pogacar in one day races instead of pulling. Other than that, clearly getting better after getting out of the British septic tank.

It's just not in his nature to wheelsuck. You've got riders that just want to race (Pogi, Pidcock, MVDP, Evenepoel, and many others), and they will always do their part. And others will ride more "intelligently", but also more boring.

He did an amazing race Saturday, and got the most out of it. He said beforehand I'm going to sit on Pogi's wheel and do everything in my power to keep it. And he did. Big props to him.