Liège - Bastogne - Liège 2026, one-day monument, 26th April

[Rou]

Wellens closed around 40 secs on this climb and a lot of passengers dropped from G1.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The best for Evenepoel would be to go with a small group of 4-8 climbers with 80 km to go, and go solo on La Redoute.

Yes, Remco supported by a few strong guys will have much better chance. Similar things will happen behind I suppose (Pog, Seixas and some other guys).

 

[YavorD]

a lot of pogi fans are fighting straws and what they imagine other people could possibly say in the scenario they make up

without engaging what is actually said in the concrete scenario that is unfolding

Well, some people were telling us that Ulissi and Hatherly can win this, so...their teams should work. So don't tell me about catching on straws and imagining things.

Okay, if Pogacar was in front with instead of Evenepoel do you think the other teams should have pulled?
And do you NOT agree that (some) people would criticise the likes of Groupama for pulling?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Denz is on very good form, was pulling for a long time like in Amstel, usually he waits until Roglic crashes out before pulling this kind of rabbit out of the hat.

But he probably wouldn't be working for Roglič, since that guy gets no help from his friends, allegedly.

 

[Taxus4a]

Smart thing to do for Remco would be to drop back.

If he is not pulling he is ok at the front, or even if he is just soft pulling

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Smart thing to do for Remco would be to drop back.

If he‘s riding for 2nd, think he needs to go all-in here

 

[GdL]

Oh, okay. You don't pull with Pogacar, but you pull with Remco in a hilly terrain in a race that he has won twice, right?

It’s bizarre. Suddenly, the narrative is that Remco is a massive threat to Pogačar at Liège. Yet, when I checked a poll asking who would finish higher between Remco and a debutant like Seixas, the vast majority actually voted for the kid. The recency bias is real.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Yes, Remco supported by a few strong guys will have much better chance. Similar things will happen behind I suppose (Pog, Seixas and some other guys).

Only Seixas, Ineos has Bernal ahead so Vauquelin would be on Pogacar´s wheel.

 

[No Excuses]

Wellens closed around 40 secs on this climb and a lot of passengers dropped from G1.

Despite the critics he is hell of a dom

 

[KoopaCycling]

Ineos should not follow Wellens his wheel. he is alone atm. Just let it drop and let him ride.
Smart move from remco dropping for food and water. Have them forget about him and hopefully the others ride in the meantime

 

[the asian]

This is too hard. Over 4000 vertical Meters . There is no chance for the puncheurs. LBL should be a more open race. Not another classic where only the GC contenders can win.

 

[Boehmand]

It's basically De Plus vs Wellens right now

Around 90K to go is where I think things will start to break up, in both groups, from then on the climbs come thick and fast.

 

[Netserk]

Well, some people were telling us that Ulissi and Hatherly can win this, so...their teams should work. So don't tell me about catching on straws and imagining things.

Okay, if Pogacar was in front with instead of Evenepoel do you think the other teams should have pulled?
And do you NOT agree that (some) people would criticise the likes of Groupama for pulling?

of course they should have pulled to start with

but pogi is much stronger and harder to work over , so they should stop sooner

 

[ice&fire]

Do you think the useless directors of UAE have thought about that?

Of course not, they've ganged up with the clueless directors of Decathlon

 

[Tim Cahill]

But he probably wouldn't be working for Roglič, since that guy gets no help from his friends, allegedly.

I read a post on twitter yesterday that I double checked wasn’t ironic, saying that Roglic lost time on the last stage of Basque Country on purpose “because he doesn’t want to stand next to that rat Lipowitz on the podium”.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Well, some people were telling us that Ulissi and Hatherly can win this, so...their teams should work. So don't tell me about catching on straws and imagining things.

Okay, if Pogacar was in front with instead of Evenepoel do you think the other teams should have pulled?
And do you NOT agree that (some) people would criticise the likes of Groupama for pulling?

Probability is the key word here.....

 

[Berniece]

Collaboration seems to be stopping a bit at G1

 

[Monsi]

Some hesitation now in G1

 

[YavorD]

of course they should have pulled to start with

but pogi is much stronger and harder to work over , so they should stop sooner

As long as they are rather safe from the big group behind, yes, they should.
But in both situations we have a massive favourite and in a similar composition, everyone is basically riding for second without a real chance of winning.

 

[Netserk]

Collaboration seems to be stopping a bit at G1

time to fuga de la fuga

 

[Tim Cahill]

Time to go soon.

 

[KoopaCycling]

Time for food, hopefully when i come back G1 still has 1'50 and the gap hasn't closed too much
Probably not. as i type, it dropped 15 seconds

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Wellens is no longer closing the gap. Cosnefroy will have to sacrifice all his chances of a top-10 and pull full gas.

 

[Netserk]

vamos !

 

[Berniece]

Wellens is no longer closing the gap. Cosnefroy will have to sacrifice all his chances of a top-10 and pull full gas.

Sivakov is there too, right?