"I am going to decide what I want my Tour to be this year. Nobody else" - Tom Pidcock keeps his Tour de France goals to himself

Pidcock is an incredibly versatile rider who needs to understand that a 3 week GT at the TdF level is not a multi hour MTB or Cx race at elite level.

His inability to recover like a top clasd GC leader and his inconsistency will not allow him to definine his own goals over a 21 stage team race.

Last year, because INEOS understood this not one of them.broke a.sweat assigning Pidcock to a leading role on paper to keep the British sponsor and British public happy. They all knew that his ass would be dropped like a sack of rancid potatoes while Carlos and Kwiato surged to brilliant stage wins.

I expect the same this year from Pidcock. Lots of fanfare and pre-race hype, from INEOS PR, followed by 1-2 sparkling days where he finishes in the top 5-10, maybe even a stage win, then being dropped/losing time as his body recovers over several days when the serious climbing starts, followed by a SILENT focus on defending his Olympic Mtb title...

Like clockwork :-)

So, is he going to getting the support of domestiques in his team if he's to go his own way? I just don't see how this is going to work for a team sport.

They have given him the free role i.e. he is free to do anything but that does not mean his success is decided by him🤣🤣🤦

It's not a good look but it's hard to judge when you can't see the questions which were asked. Also who is interviewing Pidcock ans is the translation of what Pidcock said accurate?

This statement just means he's not a leader "I kind of like to lead from the back, if you like, to be a bit more quiet, just getting on with my own thing."

Last year he was apparently hacked-off that Carlos Rodriguez got the support of the team. The reality is if you want support then prepare, ride better than the other guys and lead, otherwise you're just dicking around.

Amazing talent but there are hundreds of examples in sport of that not being enough to be the best. Someone needs to call him out.

With the amount of money the team is paying him, maybe he should listen to them a little bit

Pidcock not quite the team player! Lets see if he can keep up with Rodriguez in the big mountains to be the GC guy !