La Flèche Wallonne 2026, 22nd April

[pastronef]

huge ride by Mauro Schmid, and great to see Tulett on the podium

 

[Red Rick]

The number of riders involved this late into a sprint doesn't usually mean it was exceptionally fast. Maybe the last 200m were critical but it was a clusterf*ck to move around in that mess.

going by Strava, Seixas was slower than Roglic and Alaphilippe in the final section and likely a second faster before that.

The *** around bit I think helps if its before the section begins, and the pace between Cherave and the Mur was exceptionally flat this time around

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

going by Strava, Seixas was slower than Roglic and Alaphilippe in the final section and likely a second faster before that.

The *** around bit I think helps if its before the section begins, and the pace between Cherave and the Mur was exceptionally flat this time around

He slowed down to look back; he had the situation under control. Roglic and Alaphilippe gave their all in the final section because they were fighting for the win in that sprint.

The feeling is that he could have climbed faster and that the real difference yesterday was greater than those 3 seconds.

 

[Oldman]

He slowed down to look back; he had the situation under control. Roglic and Alaphilippe gave their all in the final section because they were fighting for the win in that sprint.

The feeling is that he could have climbed faster and that the real difference yesterday was greater than those 3 seconds.

Who is having "The feeling?" The speed is what it was and doesn't seem extraordinary considering the competition looked like few in the finish mix had to work very hard until this last climb. That's why there looked to be 50+guys barging for position into the climb. Hardly a "classic" finish. Seixas had two things going for him: 1)He was the strongest 2)Everyone treated him like he was the strongest and wanted to be on his wheel. He could have lost if he mistimed his final jump or gotten tangled up before he accelerated but he was instinctive enough to stay just out of the chaos. Very savvy riding, IMO.

 

[CyclistAbi]

So Rogla, Pogi, Seixas ... all with around the same best time. Too bad indeed that Rogla was not participating more often.