Tom 'Pidders' Pidcock

[Icanbarelyseetheroad]

Glad to see him back and swinging today. Let's hope he's able to make this weekend more interesting.

The more strong riders working against a foregone conclusion, the better!

I dont get why he is at this dinky tour, isn't he better off doing proper training. Is this old school racing to get fit? Haven't Pog and MVDP proven that proper training and targeting fewer races is the key to success.

 

[MJR]

I dont get why he is at this dinky tour, isn't he better off doing proper training. Is this old school racing to get fit? Haven't Pog and MVDP proven that proper training and targeting fewer races is the key to success.

Four days away from a race, the hay is either in the barn or it isn't. That stage race is about intensity and polish.

 

[jmdirt]

Lookin' solid TP!

 

[Icanbarelyseetheroad]

Four days away from a race, the hay is either in the barn or it isn't. That stage race is about intensity and polish.

Or overly fatiguing the legs unnecessarily, and adding hasty last minute travel. Let's hope Tom knows best.

 

[Berniece]

Glad to see him back and swinging today. Let's hope he's able to make this weekend more interesting.

The more strong riders working against a foregone conclusion, the better!

Wasn't he dropped before he came back in the descend?

 

[awavey]

I dont get why he is at this dinky tour, isn't he better off doing proper training. Is this old school racing to get fit? Haven't Pog and MVDP proven that proper training and targeting fewer races is the key to success.

Its racing as hard training, they didnt want to leave too big a gap from Catalunya to the Tour without a race in-between for him and he's basically starting from scratch, his form is nearer the 7min he lost the day before, not what he had.

As he also said post stage he got dropped on the first climb,wasn't sure he'd even be in the mix at the end but the team committed to it.

Apparently he wasn't allowed to do any training for 11 days, which is possibly first time in his racing life he'd done that , probably hence the stress fractures on the scan too

 

[pastronef]

Its racing as hard training, they didnt want to leave too big a gap from Catalunya to the Tour without a race in-between for him and he's basically starting from scratch, his form is nearer the 7min he lost the day before, not what he had.

As he also said post stage he got dropped on the first climb,wasn't sure he'd even be in the mix at the end but the team committed to it.

Apparently he wasn't allowed to do any training for 11 days, which is possibly first time in his racing life he'd done that , probably hence the stress fractures on the scan too

he'll race Tour de Suisse too

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Pidcock is in worse shape than I thought. He couldn't hold up at all on the climb.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Pidcock is in worse shape than I thought. He couldn't hold up at all on the climb.

I mean he hasn't hid anything...

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

I mean he hasn't hid anything...

Yes, I assumed he wasn't in his best shape, but today he attacked with all his strength and looked weaker than I thought.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Yes, I assumed he wasn't in his best shape, but today he attacked with all his strength and looked weaker than I thought.

yeah he won't be anywhere in Liege. I'd almost say don't bother, too much of a risk. Give it a month and do a mtb race in Czech Republic.

 

[Oldman]

I dont get why he is at this dinky tour, isn't he better off doing proper training. Is this old school racing to get fit? Haven't Pog and MVDP proven that proper training and targeting fewer races is the key to success.

He seems very good at peaking for big events and is still in crash recovery mode from reports. He is likely doing the old school training, as you suggest.

 

[awavey]

he'll race Tour de Suisse too

For sure but thats another 6-7 weeks away, he may well turn up at other races in between then & now, they just didnt want to leave a 2.5-3 month race gap for him from the crash to his next race and needs to get back some racing form.

They're not looking at TdF just to be participants

 

[Extinction]

Wasn't he dropped before he came back in the descend?

He did an attack, but didn't really stretch the elastic, and than Pellizzari attacked over him and he was cooked. But then Tom came back on the descent. I don't expect him to be a factor in LBL.

 

[Berniece]

He did an attack, but didn't really stretch the elastic, and than Pellizzari attacked over him and he was cooked. But then Tom came back on the descent. I don't expect him to be a factor in LBL.

That was today, I meant yesterday before he won the sprint.

But I agree, I don’t expect anything during LBL from him