Pidcock: 'Limiting gears will only make everything more dangerous'
At the Arctic Race of Norway this week as he tunes up for a planned start at the Vuelta a España, Tom Pidcock has weighed in on the ongoing debate about reducing speeds in the pro peloton, opining that tech limitations are unlikely to improve safety.
"Limiting gears will only make everything more dangerous. If we're all going at the same top speed, we'll be closer together, and on descents, that means we'll take up more of the road," he told Marca. "The debate about handlebar width also seems like a smokescreen to me. We need to talk about the important issues."
Given the role that nutrition has played in increasing speeds, Pidcock did have a more humorous suggestion to offer: "I told my brother that if we continue like this, they should limit carbs for everyone and put us in ketosis, only then will the races be slower." [Marca]
