Itzulia Basque Country 2026, April 6-11

[Old-school]

Seixas did take his chance on the last descent, which made him have to pull pretty much alone till almost the end. He gained time on everybody except Izaggire. Let's see if his accumulated effort since the TT will have any effect on the queen stage tomorrow. All he really has to do is defend, which works in his favor.

Not sure his move in the descent with the flat part that followed was the best thing to do, maybe impetuosity of youth. The good thing was to see Leo Bisiaux with him in the last climb when he was attacked.
BTW I have sometime difficulties to understand how Bisiaux is managed by Decathlon, don't know if they have a plan with him, because Bisiaux, at only 21,
is a real talent. he deserves.

 

[Extinction]

Not sure his move in the descent with the flat part that followed was the best thing to do, maybe impetuosity of youth. The good thing was to see Leo Bisiaux with him in the last climb when he was attacked.
BTW I have sometime difficulties to understand how Bisiaux is managed by Decathlon, don't know if they have a plan with him, because Bisiaux, at only 21,
is a real talent. he deserves.

Yea, Paul seems incapable of reigning himself in. Youthful exuberance probably, but someone on Decathlon should perhaps make him chill out a bit. Don't know anything about Bisiaux.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Seixas was chasing down Raul Garcia Pierna as he tried to get into a breakaway and Ineos riders who are 15 minutes down today, it's like he has too much energy and doesn't know what to do with it, they should try and bait him into an unwise Krabelin attack.

 

[Old-school]

Yea, Paul seems incapable of reigning himself in. Youthful exuberance probably, but someone on Decathlon should perhaps make him chill out a bit. Don't know anything about Bisiaux.

He primarily practices cyclocross(junior wordchampion in 2023), and after joigning the world team of decathlon last year he decided with his team to continue with CX alongside with road cycling.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Seixas was chasing down Raul Garcia Pierna as he tried to get into a breakaway and Ineos riders who are 15 minutes down today, it's like he has too much energy and doesn't know what to do with it, they should try and bait him into an unwise Krabelin attack.

We need someone who can annoy him like peak Carapaz while Izagirre bridges across to Aranburu and gains 4 minutes (Bilbao and Tiberi/Valter/Kepplinger are acceptable, too).

 

[Tim Cahill]

We need someone who can annoy him like peak Carapaz while Izagirre bridges across to Aranburu and gains 4 minutes (Bilbao and Tiberi/Valter/Kepplinger are acceptable, too).

The man I was thinking of is in fact in the race

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The man I was thinking of is in fact in the race

Ala baiting him into attacking and Skjelmose winning in the end would indeed be fun as well.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulation to Alexander Aranburu Deba for winning the stage.

Some great racing today and everything is primed for tomorrow, should be a blast.

 

[CyclistAbi]

"I wanted to put pressure on them mentally and show them it’s not going to be that easy" - Paul Seixas hits back at Red Bull with late attack to extend Itzulia lead

Paul Seixas turned a day of sustained pressure into another statement ride at Itzulia Basque Country 2026, responding to repeated attacks by Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe duo Florian Lipowitz and Primoz...

cyclinguptodate.com

So is Rogla too old or Paul too young or are such discussions just a bunch of BS. We'll see.

 

[Rob5091]

Seixas has over two minutes on everyone so he can just follow. Only Seixas can beat Seixas at the moment by doing something impetuous. Cofidis seem to be one of the best teams which is mind blowing.

 

[HashRouge]

I still can't get over his descending. I don't think I've ever seen a top GT rider create such a gap on a downhill. Pogacar and Jonas are both decent descenders, but they couldn't do what Seixas did yesterday.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I still can't get over his descending. I don't think I've ever seen a top GT rider create such a gap on a downhill. Pogacar and Jonas are both decent descenders, but they couldn't do what Seixas did yesterday.

Il Falco could definitly do something similar and with two Giro wins he was clearly a top GT rider.