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He is the best at the end of a 275km hard race. Well, the difference between him and anyone else is the energy reserve. PR he had to spend more energy, look how he has pulled away at the last two Flanders. WC and EC he matched Remco, who is definitely better on flatter terrain when both are fresh

2026 Paterberg 2025 WC 2024 Stage 11 Plus the 4 examples above. Apparently all examples are "bad examples" - so let us flip it. When has Remco actually held Pogacar's wheel during an attack?

What are "mainstream sports" though. Football is really the only truly global game and Mbappe is not the biggest star there but is pretty close. Other than that basketball is pretty much next and Wemby is similarly a top 5 superstar. I do not think you can put Seixas up with Marchand and Dupont...

Indeed - he will be in there too most likely but that climb seems a good fit for the other two (Yates Green mountain type climb)

Tomorrow is the harder climb? 5.1km at 9.4% Nordhagen and Yates will duke it out there

I think Pogacar can see the threat Seixas will pose over the coming years. Maybe not this year or 2027 but certainly by 2028. If he gets the 5th Tour and wins Liege, Lombarida, Worlds and the Tour this year, i think he will focus on the 2027 Tour as that would be key from getting the 6th, plus...

"Do not come around very often" is an understatement - we have seen precisely two riders over the last 50 years; Merckx and Hinault and nobody in the era of specialization. Do not expect Seixas to be a MSR/ RVV or Paris Roubaix rider but certainly Liege and Lombardia

He had one out with AG Insurance group ride on the Monday At least two others as well from memory

He has posted several stories - our riding, the auction for the skinsuit from San Remo. All is well

If Morgado can be moved to near the front he can make climbs hard - he put in a massive shift last year after Wellens and Narvaez were out. Johansen and Bjerg/ Herregodts could do the early pace setting, then Politt (as long as none of them out with crashes). Oliveira to position Morgado and he...

Serious wind, lots of it head or crosswind. Level not so high

They have just announced that they are taking the last 2.2km out of the Coll de Pal

Also part of the steepest section - I would think that he would try to force it there

Pradell is tomorrow

It would be madness to say that after the last 2 times they have raced Flanders