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

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Verstrynge 4th lol. What a spring he’s having

 

[Boehmand]

Bernal 5th is a pretty solid result

 

[E_F_]

We've seen young riders regress. It's not detatched from reality to keep in mind that continued improvements are not certain for Seixas.

 

[No Excuses]

2 km/h faster? This is nuts

 

[Rob5091]

Pogi, Seixas, Remco - pretty much as expected but hard work and one climb too far for Seixas.

 

[Boehmand]

The manner matters. this was a discouraging showing for remco his ambitions

No the manner does not - he's on the podium, and was never going to touch the top 2 anyway.

 

[limak_]

For being the 20th best uphill still getting the expected podium spot. After some frustrations he probably will be happy with this 3rd place.

And some random Belgian farmer in 4th.

Happy for the podium in the race he's won twice (and after that terrible performance in the decisive moment)?

 

[the asian]

Scheldeprijs is next for Remco. What a sprint.

He's aiming to be World Champion in Abu Dhabi and Copenhagen after Pogi mops up the next two.

 

[Rou]

The interviewer asked Pogacar about Remco in the breakaway.
Well, after today Remco will be given freedom in breakaways. Haha

 

[jono]

Verstrynge 4th lol. What a spring he’s having

I think Verstrynge and Bernal coming 4-5 takes a bit of shine away from the Remco sprint...

 

[KoopaCycling]

Another big day for the "never pull" bros. I hope being right online can fill that hole in your life.

Don't worry, people will still claim i'm wrong for saying never ride with Pogacar cause it's good tactics.

 

[chickenlips]

To everyone ridiculing Evenpoel in the thread - including myself:

He just hit the podium

That's not bad seeing he was also in the break of the day

 

[Red Rick]

So do you think he could have won if he got those decisions correct?

Results oriented thinking as if a lottery winner is a genius and those that lose their ticket price made a dumb decision.

It's sad to see this is the level of discourse cycling is sinking to

 

[jono]

I hope complaining about people being right online and implying their lives are bad is not projection and your life is amazing.

I just tire of the same people whose sum total of contributions can be summed up to the same thing in every race.

(Soft pulling with Pogacar didn't help but certainly wasn't decisive when you lose 30 seconds in 500m).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Evenepoel is the moral winner of the race. 3rd from the early break.

And Bernal was 5th. It's nice to see these smaller teams and riders get rewarded for giving it a go.

 

[Bkinn]

That sprint by Uijtdebroeks was a thing of beauty. Started it in third and where exactly did he end?

23, its almost impressive how bad is his sprint.

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

Pog's interview:

"I don't have a lot of opportunities to win... because I don't race a lot"

 

[Brullnux]

I think Verstrynge and Bernal coming 4-5 takes a bit of shine away from the Remco sprint...

Yeah, but he led it out and nobody got ahead of his back wheel. His sprinting form is better than ever, and I'd imagine his TT is similar. His climbing is what we've seen all year

 

[Boehmand]

Pog's interview:

"I don't have a lot of opportunities to win... because I don't race a lot"

You can't fault his logic

 

[Faserr]

Seixas did to Pog what Lipo did to Seixas in Basque. Fairplay.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

lol Remco says he wants to be Pogacar but the evidence shows he wants to be Ganna. I’d say Wout but I think peak Wout smokes current Remco on climbs. There just seems to be a disconnect between the rider he currently seems to be, the direction of the improvements he is showing, and the things he is saying.

I guess consider me in the camp of thinking he should go all in on classics. Very tough competition in Pogacar, MVDP, Wout, Seixas, but it seems to suit him more than the Tour.

 

[KoopaCycling]

No the manner does not - he's on the podium, and was never going to touch the top 2 anyway.

And that's a problem for his GC ambitions. But he can still say he's the first of the humans ^^

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Great ride by Verstrynge. Bilbao can also be pretty pleased. Schmid just outside of top 10.

 

[Rou]

Nothing better for Pog than a warm vampire hug at the finish line.

 

[iBanesto]

Fastest editions of Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

#	Year	Avg. speed
1	2026	44.426
2	2025	41.983
3	2022	41.413
4	2023	41.206
5	2006	41.202
6	1999	41.079
7	2011	41.07
8	2024	40.851
9	2004	40.8
10	2000	40.769
11	2015	40.55
12	2018	40.31
13	2017	40.27
14	2005	40.087
15	1998	40.077
16	2003	39.889
17	2009	39.69
18	2014	39.661
19	2007	39.557
20	1995	39.38