Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

Rás Cnoic · 2026-02-28T11:00:53-0700

19. He's only 19! Flamin' hell.

All those cx races has MVDP in top condition- he's looking so mean on the bike, the way he avoided that fella's head on that cobbled wet climb, unreal.

Rás Cnoic · 2026-02-28T11:08:06-0700

BlackHand said:
Ok, I get the Paul Seixas hype now.

Loving that Van Rysel bike of Seixas as well. And kinda glad he's riding for a French team. Though like English football not winning World Cup since '66 and the UK media scrutiny is murderous, Seixas will have huge French media attention on him too.

stompandgo · 2026-02-28T11:37:28-0700

Yeah. He rode away from Jorgensen, Christen, and Martinez 40km out and stuck it. He's clearly in better form than the other three, but that was fun to watch. It was also fun to listen to. Brian Smith and Jez Cox spent almost all of their airtime talking about this race and racing in general. It was like listening to a racing podcast. Very well done.

Seixas is only 19 years old, and some are comparing him to Tadej. Give the kid some time. He won a ProSeries race by riding away. Let's see how he does in the Giro.

Jeremy McCreary · 2026-02-28T11:46:09-0700

stompandgo said:
Yeah. He rode away from Jorgensen, Christen, and Martinez 40km out and stuck it. He's clearly in better form than the other three, but that was fun to watch. It was also fun to listen to. Brian Smith and Jez Cox spent almost all of their airtime talking about this race and racing in general. It was like listening to a racing podcast. Very well done.

Seixas is only 19 years old, and some are comparing him to Tadej. Give the kid some time. He won a ProSeries race by riding away. Let's see how he does in the Giro.

What race and stage?

stompandgo · 2026-02-28T11:51:01-0700

Faun-Ardeche, UCI 1.Pro in France. Single day race. There's a different race and course tomorrow in the same area.

I refuse to pay the vig for Flo coverage. I'm already paying for Peacock and HBO Max.