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11| Remco EVENEPOEL
Remco Evenepoel: “My breakaway was a very, very strange situation”
Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) finished 3rd in the 2026 Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
“It’s difficult to explain what happened in the early stages of the race. I always try to be up there at the start of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, because I know it can be pretty hard, and this is why I was in the front group when the split happened. We were gone, but it was not our goal - just an accident. We quickly built a gap, and then it was too late to drop back so I just tried not to spend too much energy. The collaboration was not great,...
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21| Paul SEIXAS
Paul Seixas: “I have to take one step at a time”
Paul Seixas (Decathlon-CMA CGM) finished 2nd in the 2026 Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
“I always race to win, but we know that [Tadej] Pogacar has been utterly dominant these last few years, so just being able to follow him is already something. You have to take things one step at a time, without rushing. At Strade Bianche, I couldn’t follow his first attack; today I managed to do it, so I’m quite happy with my performance. There’s also the team’s work to consider, because at Strade Bianche I found myself isolated and couldn’t...
Stage 1
1| Tadej POGACAR
Tadej Pogacar: “I am impressed and amazed by how good Paul Seixas is”
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was the winner of the 2026 Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
“A lot of things happened today. In the beginning, I was at the back, just following wheels, and from one moment to the next there was a split with Remco in it. I was a bit nervous at first, and we tried hard to close the gap down immediately. After 20 minutes, we realized it was not bad to let them go as in this kind of large breakaways the cooperation is never great, even if I was a bit scared that Remco Evenepoel could jump and go solo from that group. We...
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