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Nice win by Giulio Pellizzari. Another youngster. Haven't seen his attack but must have been impressive. Looks good for the Giro.

Lots of anticipation. Can the 19 year old phenom match Pogacar? Will Remco be able to do anything? Pogacar to win from Seixas who will be the only one able to hang with him.

Here are the best times I found. Dylan Teuns who beat Valverde and JA was 3 seconds slower than Seixas today. https://www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/paul-seixas-narrowly-misses-mur-de-huy-record-despite-dominant-fleche-wallonne-win/

You are right. My bad. But the 19 year old still beat Pogacar's best time set in 2023. I think how Seixas won was equally impressive as the time. And most climb times are circumstantial - including wind, tactics, the preceding stage design etc. AdH as well.

The first thing that came to mind was how Seixas rode away off the front and beat Pogacar's best time on Mur de Huy by 3 seconds. He didn't get a lead-out on anyone's wheel.

Yeh, just logged in to check the replays and that was my big takeaway. Seixas seemed to be measuring his effort watching for anyone to attack in the first half of the climb. When he decided to open the throttle there was nothing anyone could do. Seixas was just way too strong for everyone else...

Graphic says the first climb earlier in the stage is 22.4km at 5.7%? But agree a breakaway win is the obvious outcome.

In the 2011 TdF Voeckler showed what a strong but not GC contender rider was actually capable of if given an opportunity to ride for himself. In the Pyrenees many expected he would lose minutes but to see him holding on and fighting thanks to the French-in-Yellow-Jersey power up was quite...

Congrats to Remco. Was heavy favorite but a win is a win even though some might think he should have won with a long range solo. Skjelmose did as best as he could do but was powerless except to survive as he has admitted post race. Sorry to read of Jorgenson and Artz's misfortune. Hope their...

115rpm an exaggeration? I think Lance was closer to 95rpm? What length cranks did Lance run? Today the top climbers are using ever shorter cranks - I think 160mm for Vingegaard? By 'chopping style' I assume you mean grinding big gears out of the saddle climbing?

You can't hide motors sorry. Not when they are supposed to check every stage or race winner and the wearer of the yellow jersey after stages. Anyone with the right tools can open the bottom brackets and a 20 watt motor is easy to see. It can only be corruption.

I am very sceptical of this claim. I am sure technically its easy. But its not so easy to hide. Is this motor so small it can't be seen in plain sight by any competent mechanic when they pull the bottom bracket apart after races (UCI policy)? A Google AI search also suggests even a 30Watt...

Surely they could just tweak the motors to compensate for age related decline? Another reason why I doubt that Pogacar is motor doping.

Congrats to Wout van Aert - great to see. What can we say but an amazing edition and a very deserved champion in my opinion. Fastest P-R in history despite the crashes. All the contenders had bad luck. Wout had his bad luck but was so strong to fight back into a position where he could win...

Looked like a great stage. Congrats to Paul Seixas for literally weathering the storm and securing the GC win by an impressive 2'30". Was stripped of teammates and even launched an attack so that is also impressive by him. Predictions of him fading proved unfounded. Congrats to Andrew August...