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

[Red Rick]

i think decathlon helped too much

until haussire was fine

Seixas missing the break in the first place is a catalysmic blunder to begin with

 

[Unchained]

I'm being sarcastic. People keep acting as if there's two or three favourites to these races when in actual fact there's One. If you don't race against Pogacar and disrupt his race, you will not win.

Today I would just watch him and his burn rate, UAE still keeping heat on the front, Bernal, Seixas, Remco need to be there.. Nothing bold or disruptive yet..I am thinking Remco is going to jump

 

[Berniece]

Seixas missing the break in the first place is a catalysmic blunder to begin with

Or 2-3 more teammates for Evenepoel. Could've made it interesting

 

[Netserk]

now you could say that they should have ridden on wanne and stockeu to burn sivakov and novak , but i dont think that was up to decathlon ( nor very feasible )

 

[KoopaCycling]

col du rosier coming up, im expectong pogacar ar at least a genuine upping off the pace from UAE

 

[Unchained]

Seixas missing the break in the first place is a catalysmic blunder to begin with

Guy doesn't panic..his cadence looks great, relaxed

 

[Heston]

The race went from potentially legendary to dull and crap. The next 40 minutes you can take a nap and miss nothing

 

[KoopaCycling]

so much potential and now we're back to regular racing. kinda sad

 

[Boehmand]

Verona is such an underrated dom

Every time you wonder what Lidl rider it is guiding the captain to the front at key moments, it's probably Verona

 

[Rackham]

Since it was all brought back together, cycling has been saved so we can now watch a group ride along until there's natural selection one man drops everyone else and solos to victory.

Hooray.

 

[E_F_]

Did I miss something?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

so much potential and now we're back to regular racing. kinda sad

Sadly I think there's just very few riders and teams who believe they can win, such that they don't spot the opportunities when they're there, and the few who can win just decide when they want to do so.

 

[Jan the Man]

Or 2-3 more teammates for Evenepoel. Could've made it interesting

Agreed - do we know how the split was formed. I’ve seen reference to a crash but also suggestions it was formed before the crash. However if it was formed before the crash the composition is surprising as I’d expect more representation from one team. Picnic had 5 but fact Red Bull only had denz and Remco and the strenght of other riders suggests it was probably crash induced rather than forced?

 

[SorelyBoy]

Did I miss something?

Yeah, what did we miss?

 

[Divergence]

Seixas missing the break in the first place is a catalysmic blunder to begin with

He alone would not have changed anything. If both he and Remco had 4 teammates each and Ineos as they were maybe then, but the way it was it was never going to work.
And if UAE let the above mentioned scenario happen then they deserve to lose.

 

[Unchained]

Is Contador on Spain Eurosport?

 

[Salvarani]

Did I miss something?

It went from being a legendary race with Remco attacking after a crash, that stopped a majority of the peloton, to the front group being caught and now its boring.

 

[Red Rick]

He alone would not have changed anything. If both he and Remco had 4 teammates each and Ineos as they were maybe then, but the way it was it was never going to work.
And if UAE let the above mentioned scenario happen then they deserve to lose.

No but it's his only condition to win, especially given that Pogacar is always asleep in the first hour.

 

[Netserk]

it will be interesting to see how much pogi invests in redoute

i think he will go full and solo , but if its not just pressing the win button and ride super hard , it could also be an option to take seixas with him if he is strong in order to isolate evenepoel - a bit like in ronde with van der poel

 

[Red Rick]

Did I miss something?

Nothing at all.

 

[Salvarani]

No but it's his only condition to win, especially given that Pogacar is always asleep in the first hour.

Give some examples.

 

[Lorzenz08]

Seixas missing the break in the first place is a catalysmic blunder to begin with

I think it is way better for legacy.

If he must dethrone the king, he must do it mano a mano. Like a gladiator

 

[canina82]

No but it's his only condition to win, especially given that Pogacar is always asleep in the first hour.

Alway asleep? Give me some examples please.

 

[E_F_]

What a horrible climb...

 

[KoopaCycling]

Now the time for food and water/ In peleton & for those watching