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Who is taking GC pidcock seriously? (self.procycling)

submitted 2 years ago by julietOscarEcho to c/[email protected]

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I'm seeing his TDF odds shorter than people like carapaz or oconnor. I definitely think he could transition to that type of ride but I don't see any indication of it this season.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

stage win for sure, but I don't see him having the consistency for a 3 week grand tour, just going off his performances in classics, or even CX where he often would only have one good race out of 3 in a week

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

odds are also a function of how much the house thinks people are willing to bet on someone. Pidcock is a big name right now so it's an easy buck for them.

[–] julietOscarEcho 1 points 2 years ago

I guess? There have been similarly obviously wrong big name discounts for e.g. Froome in recent history. I'm still a bit surprised.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Easy money for the brokers would be bigger odds, he can't win a GT yet, not until he's gone through the sky GT transformation and can't race anything other than stage races.