Itzulia Basque Country 2026, April 6-11

[Samu Cuenca]

Red Bull are witnessing greatness and they are there to help.

Vingegaard, Pogačar, Seixas, it doesn't matter. They don't see team colours.

 

[Old-school]

Is Lipo a mediocre sprinter in general ?

 

[memyselfandI]

Honest question: Did Lipo gift the stage to Seixas or he is just immensely stupid?

Both.

 

[Red Rick]

Lipowitz didn't have another option... He is much less explosive. Should he have waited until Seixas wanted to start his sprint?

Well you start by making sure you start the sprint in the wheel

 

[KZD]

Hattrick for Seixas, well done. Tomorrow's stage is easier on paper but he will still need to remain alert.

Good performance from Lipowitz but didn't understand what he was trying to do in the end.

Romo looked fantastic on Izua, too bad that he crashed.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Very bad decision making by Lipowitz as per usual, but I think he can overall be pretty happy. He seems to have become better at shoter and steeper climbs and this is a solid showing for showing up on short notice.

Nice win for Seixas, he did the more work, so it's fair. But Lipowitz should get some coaching about how to win races. At least today he stuck in an actual attack and not just 10 meme attacks at totally random times.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Honest question: Did Lipo gift the stage to Seixas or he is just immensely stupid?

If (and it's a big if) the commentator was correct in saying that getting the last corner was key, then getting ahead while the route to that corner was hard to overtake on was not necessarily a bad thing.


I'm always willing to believe that a rider has a better idea of what his most likely, even if remote, route to victory is than any of us.

 

[red_flanders]

Looks like Romo was brought down by a little girl.

 

[Potomac]

So was it a little girl that knoced off Romo?

 

[Boehmand]

Romo saying in his exit interview, that a spectator pushed him into Lipowitz

 

[Potomac]

Romo saying in his exit interview, that a spectator pushed him into Lipowitz

watch the replay carefully

 

[red_flanders]

If (and it's a big if) the commentator was correct in saying that getting the last corner was key, then getting ahead while the route to that corner was hard to overtake on was not necessarily a bad thing.


I'm always willing to believe that a rider has a better idea of what his most likely, even if remote, route to victory is than any of us.

I thought he was hurting Seixas there as well, almost worked.

 

[canina82]

If (and it's a big if) the commentator was correct in saying that getting the last corner was key, then getting ahead while the route to that corner was hard to overtake on was not necessarily a bad thing.


I'm always willing to believe that a rider has a better idea of what his most likely, even if remote, route to victory is than any of us.

From what I saw it was just a terrible idea and he should be on Seixas's wheel until 200m to the finish.

 

[pelotonIQ]

This race has been a very good appetizer for the main show on Sunday.

 

[Bertram Wooster]

Lipowitz shouldn't have attacked uphill when he was with Roglic: as long as you're 2 , you have the advantage on the flat and you secure at least 2nd and 3rd in the stage and in the GC.

Lipowitz should't have pulled when Roglic was trying to get back, for two reasons:
1. let Seixas do the work so he gets tired
2. maybe Roglic could come back making it a 2 to 1-situation with a faster Roglic.

 

[Berniece]

Well you start by making sure you start the sprint in the wheel

Wouldn't made a lot of difference, right?

 

[Tim Cahill]

See I knew that little girl was at fault!!! A day in the stocks will sort her out.

 

[Red Rick]

Wouldn't made a lot of difference, right?

Who says it wouldn't. He did way less work than Seixas.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Is Lipo a mediocre sprinter in general ?

He's a mediocre cyclist in general, with good legs but he does everything wrong.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Sprinting on those inner city cobbles isn't as easy as it is on a normal road. Starting the sprint in first position isn't necessarily stupid, but it didn't work for Lipowitz. A shame that Romo wasn't there to make it a more tactical final.

View: https://youtu.be/YZQWTnrJMS0?is=1PI-j1Njzh2raIVa

 

[Bertram Wooster]

Skjelmose and Tullett drop out of the top 10.

 

[Berniece]

Who says it wouldn't. He did way less work than Seixas.

So he sits in the wheel of Seixas, which means Seixas decides when to start sprinting? Or Lipowitz starts sprinting and Seixas jumps on the wheel like he did now? If Seixas decides when he wants to start sprinting he waits long enough since he's the most explosive one of the two.

I just don't see how Lipowitz could've won this besides trying to make it as hard as possible

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

BORA didn´t see Cofidis yesterday.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Only 19 and Seixas already has more facial hair than some of the veterans - I see a bright future for this kid!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

BORA didn´t see Cofidis yesterday.

Aranburu could have won that 100 different ways, Red Bull should have just signed him overnight.