Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

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.
 
BlackHand said:
Ok, I get the Paul Seixas hype now.
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
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What race and stage?
 
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.
 
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He's started the season hungry...

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Van der Poel's artful dodge of a downed rider's head, then decisive solo victory


More separate crashes in this race than I've ever seen by a long shot, one after another. Mind-boggling!
 
Exactly why I hang out here: I have you guys to point me to the unfamiliar races I would probably have passed over otherwise.
 
Sorry, I can't help it. Every time I see "omloop", I think of something you eat for breakfast in a bowl of milk.
 
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Jeremy McCreary said:
Exactly why I hang out here: I have you guys to point me to the unfamiliar races I would probably have passed over otherwise.
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Start of the Spring Classics! Today is the day the real season starts. Best time of the year.

Interesting one to watch, the commentators said that by winning Omloop MVDP has unleashed the curse- no rider has ever won Omloop and Tour of Flanders (The most prestigious Spring Classic, certainly in Belgium) in the same year! I'd say Mathieu will take that as a personal challenge.
 
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