This are predictions & are objectively backed. I didn't say pog isn't improving in the next years but Seixas being so young, is taking massive leaps year after year. The guy was battling toe to toe against rockies last year like jarno widar, Jacob omerzel & Lorenzo fins of this world & look what he is doing this year. I've never seen such a leap in a single winter from anyone in the sport. Think of it, from widar territory to vingegaard territory in a single winter & wonder what he is gonna do in the next 2-3 winters 🧐
Actually we did see it with vingegaard. He was not that young but he also made huuuuuge step in one season ( 2021-2022) but not in those kind of races. I still think Pogacar and Jonas are still much much better than Seixas at long climbs. Also thinking he will make another huge leap like this season is weird. Somewhere there is limit. Yes, peloton is improving but quite soon there will not be any more posibilty to improve. Seixas is still hoping to come at top of the hills/climbs with Pogacar, he needs to take leap to first being able to follow him until the finish,then another leap where he tries to get rid of Pogacar but can't and than he still needs to outsprint Pogacar.
There is another altitude next & we will see his level in dauphine. I still think seixas has a higher ceiling & will improve more than vingegaard for the tour
Be logical, the guy has done 3 monuments plus strade & is riding romandy tomorrow
Obviously, Pogačar decides his own calendar, and I don't think the Giro is a priority right now. Even in top shape, Almeida likely wouldn't be able to beat Vingegaard. That said, it’s not as if Pogačar has piled on too many race days this year; he's still relatively fresh.
It was kind of a tongue in cheek comment, Pogacar would have to do a Roubaix level persuasion to UAE to go
Did he go to altitude between SB and Pais Vasco?Paul Seixas spent two full months at altitude leading into the 2026 season.He famously revealed that he did not see his parents or his girlfriend for two months while living in isolation at high altitude to maximize his physiological gains.
Monaco all year wont cut it anymore.
don't think so, he will probably go now, but still 2 months of altitude in one winter is a lot, he did in one winter the same amount of days in altitude pogacar did in all of 2024 and 2025 combined (he did about 30 days total in each year)
But I believe he is not that far from Pogacar and will close the gap until July. I have the impression the TTT will be very important.
It can be disrespectful but it's pretty impressive how fast he was doing that wheel.
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