Originally Posted by
PeteHski
It’s all relative. Tom Pidcock has bike handling skills way above the average level seem in the pro peloton. While useful, those handling skills are much less important in road biking than they are in mountain biking disciplines. Bike handling skills are also more important to the sprinters than the climbers.
Valid, but I still think you're under-estimating the bike handling skills of most of the pro peloton. That said, I agree that the riders who also have a lot of experience with CX and MTB tend to be above average.