Tom 'Pidders' Pidcock

[the asian]

Could he hold his form and win in Liege?. If Pog wins PR, he might let up in LBL

 

[AmRacer]

Could he hold his form and win in Liege?. If Pog wins PR, he might let up in LBL

If Pogi wins RVV and PR, he got a shot at winning all 5 in the same season.

 

[Salvarani]

Could he hold his form and win in Liege?. If Pog wins PR, he might let up in LBL

Let see if he does LBL, as he is only listed for that when it comes to Ardennes as of now.

I can see it being removed depending on what happens in Ronde and PR.

Could be he takes some days off after PR and "just" do Romandie.

We will see.

 

[Sciatic]

I was really impressed today.

 

[Red Rick]

The best of the humans in cycling at the moment.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I doubted him before last year's Vuelta and he took that personally. I am not surprised he was able to follow today, but I wasn't sure he was going to be the only one besides Van der Poel. He had a great chance to win in Sanremo, time will tell if he'll get another one in the future.

 

[jmdirt]

GREAT race TP!

 

[Samamba]

Why is he so much better than at Ineos

 

[SHAD0W93]

Great rice and I thought he got it at the end. Should be a big year for him after his success last year.

 

[Netserk]

He messed this sprint up. He started his acceleration but the slowed again, should have just gone for it. And after that he was obviously on the wrong side

wanted the side with shelter , but it seemed to me that it was because his prep overrode what should have been a decision in the moment to secure a clean lane

i was so very gutted that he missed out . ugh

 

[AmRacer]

Why is he so much better than at Ineos

The last 2 seasons he hasn't raced cross, focused more on road and he's happier. That's my take anyway.

 

[Netserk]

Looks in great shape. Will be nice to see what he can do in Catalunya.

too long climbs

in the vuelta he went from dropping vingegaard on pike to be insta dropped on angliru

 

[Red Rick]

too long climbs

in the vuelta he went from dropping vingegaard on pike to be insta dropped on angliru

Angliru was also just his worst day in the mountains, because he's done much better on 30+ minute climbs.

 

[fenns]

great ride from Sir Tom - staying with Pog was no small feat. Strong candidate for 2nd in Catalunya.

 

[Unchained]

GREAT race TP!

Great race, the guy won without finishing first, back and forth trades with 2 of the very, very best and he dropped one and had a photo finish with the other. Outstanding job. Sure that first thing Pogacar said was" you are scary strong ".

 

[canina82]

Could he hold his form and win in Liege?. If Pog wins PR, he might let up in LBL

No chance. He can win LBL with one leg. 19 monuments are in his head.

 

[Potomac]

So no we no longer have to hear what an amazing descender Pidcock is. If he was as great has everyone says, he would have left Pogacar behind on the descent into San Remo. But he followed. I suppose you could argue just poor tactics.

 

[SafeBet]

So no we no longer have to hear what an amazing descender Pidcock is. If he was as great has everyone says, he would have left Pogacar behind on the descent into San Remo. But he followed. I suppose you could argue just poor tactics.

I believe an underrated aspect of descending is that fatigue matters a lot, both mentally and in the ability to sprint out of every corner. Pidcock said he was on the limit at the end of Poggio and he probably needed time to recover. It is very hard to drop a fresher rider even if you're the better descender, unless we're talking Zakarin / Latour level of descending obviously.

 

[Gratemans]

Great race from Pidcock. Shame about the sprint, because in general I'd say he has a faster sprint than Pog. But yeah, he got boxed in.
I guess that can happen after almost 300 k's and when you're not a true sprinter though. Anyway, he certainly colored this MSR imo.

 

[MJR]

I was really impressed today.

Seconded. I've always been "well, maybe" when he's mentioned among the best, but he proved me wrong today.

I really hope he can turn that killer form into a big win soon.

 

[dobrien]

Great race, the guy won without finishing first, back and forth trades with 2 of the very, very best and he dropped one and had a photo finish with the other. Outstanding job. Sure that first thing Pogacar said was" I chuckled when you started trying to come by on my right".

Fixed that for you!

 

[AnotherArmChair]

So happy to see Tom Pidcock excel today .

I cant remember the amount of times i came on this forum to say what a talent he is to be knocked by the usual know it all suspects who maintained he is over rated ... the hell he is...he just wasnt concentrating on the road till recently

He didn't win of course but staying with Pogacar and taking him on the sprint shows he is very good indeed

 

[Gratemans]

So happy to see Tom Pidcock excel today .

I cant remember the amount of times i came on this forum to say what a talent he is to be knocked by the usual know it all suspects who maintained he is over rated ... the hell he is...he just wasnt concentrating on the road till recently

He didn't win of course but staying with Pogacar and taking him on the sprint shows he is very good indeed

While 'overrated' surely is an exaggeration, he does lack consistency.
His form can be all over the place, great one day, disappointing the next. But when he's good, he's really very good.