Strade Bianche 2026, March 7, one-day race

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The best of the rest (2nd place behind Teddy or sensational winner)

  • Pidcock

    Votes: 22 20.2%

  • Del Toro

    Votes: 35 32.1%

  • Healy

    Votes: 6 5.5%

  • Seixas

    Votes: 30 27.5%

  • Van Aert

    Votes: 3 2.8%

  • Simmons

    Votes: 4 3.7%

  • Carapaz

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jorgenson

    Votes: 4 3.7%

  • another guy

    Votes: 5 4.6%
  • Total voters
    109
  • Poll closed .
Krzysztof_O

Krzysztof_O

Jul 7, 2013
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So Teddy wins after a 80 km solo, surprise! Congrats on a great performance, it looks like his dominance will continue for another year.

Also big congrats to Seixas, what a ride! A monster is born. He's performed salto di qualita recently. He's not just the future but the present already. Del Toro had a big tactical advantage but was dropped, others were outclassed at the end.
 
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Sciatic

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ChewbaccaDefense said:
Better finish for Wout than I thought, earlier in the day. When he got dropped during Pog's attack, I thought he might DNF. Good to see some fire in him. Still, don't think a win is in the cards this spring.
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I'm still surprised he can race after the broken ankle just 2 months ago??
 
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ChewbaccaDefense

Nov 5, 2013
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fenns said:
I don't think Del Toro contested 2nd - he knew Paul deserved it
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I don't think you get dropped like that, if you're gifting. I think you just sit on the wheel, and then not sprint. Fact is, based on the time gap at the bottom, Seixas should have had the fastest time on the final climb. He closed to 1 minute, exactly. (Yes, I understand Pog was soft pedaling because he could). I think Del Toro would have done anything to be 2nd he just didn't have the legs, and Seixas was the clear 2nd best rider in the race today.
 
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Dazed and Confused

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Krzysztof_O said:
So Teddy wins after a 80 km solo, surprise! Congrats on a great performance, it looks like his dominance will continue for another year.

Also big congrats to Seixas, what a ride! A monster is born. He's performed salto di qualita recently. He's not just the future but the present already. Del Toro had a big tactical advantage but was dropped, others were outclassed at the end.
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I thought its pretty clear Del Toro didn't contend the 2nd place....
 
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Boehmand

Boehmand

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Did anyone actually watch pictures of what happened to separate Seixas and Del Toro?

Danish Eurosport didn't show when that happened at all.

Edit: And as I posted that, they show a slow of it happening.
 
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Revelation

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It would be pretty hilarious if Pogacar retired in 2030/31 as the clear GOAT, only for Seixas to instantly dwarf him performance/domination wise. Extremely grim in terms of competitiveness, but hilarious.
 
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canina82

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Revelation said:
It would be pretty hilarious if Pogacar retired in 2030/31 as the clear GOAT, only for Seixas to instantly dwarf him performance/domination wise. Extremely grim in terms of competitiveness, but hilarious.
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Seixas is yet to show his level on cobbles
 
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kingjr

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ChewbaccaDefense said:
I don't think you get dropped like that, if you're gifting. I think you just sit on the wheel, and then not sprint. Fact is, based on the time gap at the bottom, Seixas should have had the fastest time on the final climb. He closed to 1 minute, exactly. (Yes, I understand Pog was soft pedaling because he could). I think Del Toro would have done anything to be 2nd he just didn't have the legs, and Seixas was the clear 2nd best rider in the race today.
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If it was a flat run-in yes, but why would you bother going deep on that final climb to stay on the wheel if you have no intention to overtake? Might as well cruise to the finish.
 
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ChewbaccaDefense

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kingjr said:
If it was a flat run-in yes, but why would you bother going deep on that final climb to stay on the wheel if you have no intention to overtake? Might as well cruise to the finish.
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Maybe, but we can't actually know. The gap Seixas got was massive, and still, based on the gap to Pog at the bottom, he climbed faster than anyone in the race (admitting that Pog didn't have to)
 
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Samu Cuenca

Samu Cuenca

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I didn't quite catch it, but did the graphics say Del Toro was the first Mexican to podium since Bernal?
 
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ChasingPotatoes

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Salvarani said:
I saw thousands real fans that disagreed with that today.
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It was super boring for sure.
Those fans had a field day because they saw the phenomenal rider everybody wants to see / take pictures of / applaud /... riding solo so they couldn't miss him. And they had the fight for the podium. But the race for first was anything but exciting. One (fans enjoying the race) doesn't exclude the other (utter domination = no excitement for who's going to win).
 
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