Itzulia Basque Country 2026, April 6-11

[Krzysztof_O]

I want to preface this by saying I don't yet have an opinion about his racing style. I've not seen him enough.

However, so far he's won the TT and put in a huge attack from long range on stage 1. Seems pretty aggressive to me. He also sprinted to win his group today, for really no reason other than he wanted to. For which he has been criticized on these pages (*sigh*).

There are several hard stages coming. Seems to be reasonable not to attack with the time gap he already has on this stage? I would personally reserve opinion on his style until after this and a few other big races are all said and done.

I would consider giving the kid (19!) a break? I mean I'm with you, I don't like overly defensive racing. Thank goodness for all the attacking riders in this era. But I'm not ready to put him in the boring bucket, not at all.

Yesterdays ride suggests he's the opposite of a defensive rider.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Seixas looks to be a boring racer, similar to Jonas, attacks and wins 1 non-TT stage and then plays it defensive all the way. Good for him but for the cycling fans it's terrible.

He sprinted to the line today, exactly what Pogačar would do on this type of stage. No way Pogačar would attack on this stage either. It just wasn‘t a very hard stage.

 

[memyselfandI]

Yesterdays ride suggests he's the opposite of a defensive rider.

I think it happens to every one of us, almost automatically. Just belt everything out of your body two days back to back next time out on a hilly terrain (ok flat lands suits too), if group drop ride it's cool , jus keep belting hard.

Third day goes then much easier, almost defensive, no?

 

[Brullnux]

Seixas looks to be a boring racer, similar to Jonas, attacks and wins 1 non-TT stage and then plays it defensive all the way. Good for him but for the cycling fans it's terrible.

This is the first stage race he's ever been this good in, let's please calm down

 

[Breh]

How is Vingegaard a boring rider?
4 wins on the road this season, 4 solo victories.