Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2026 Breakdown | THEMOVE
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Lance Armstrong
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🗓️ 26 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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George Hincapie, Johan Bruyneel, and Spencer Martin break down Tadej Pogačar's win over teenage sensation Paul Seixas at Liège-Bastogne-Liège to get his third consecutive and fourth career win at the Ardennes Monument. They discuss Remco Evenepoel's decision to get into an early 50-rider group, forcing UAE to furiously chase for over 100 kilometers, if a pair of Monument podiums and Amstel win constitute a successful spring for Evenepoel, what Seixas' rapid improvement means for the future of this rivalry, and whether he should make his Grand Tour debut at the 2026 Tour.
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| 0:00.0 | Today reminded me of the 2019 Valta Spagna, where you could, Primos Roglich wins, but you're like, |
| 0:06.8 | ooh, this is kind of interesting from this young kid, winning three stages, getting third place. |
| 0:11.2 | And then 12 months later, and I don't know if you guys remember, but July of the COVID year of 2020, |
| 0:17.5 | Pagacchar wins the Slovenian time trial championships. And I remember thinking, that's kind of weird. |
| 0:22.7 | And then by the time we get to the tour of France, he's better than Pagat or better than |
| 0:25.9 | Roglish. |
| 0:26.4 | So today did remind me I could see the end. |
| 0:31.1 | I know Pagachar won, gets his fourth liege win, gets his 13th monument win. |
| 0:36.1 | I thought I could squint and see the end of the Pagacha era, if you can believe it today. |
| 0:41.8 | Because that ride was that impressive. |
| 0:43.9 | Not yet. |
| 0:44.4 | Not yet, Spencer. |
| 0:49.9 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:50.5 | Welcome back to The Move. |
| 0:51.3 | I'm Spencer Martin. |
| 0:52.1 | I'm here with Johan Bernille and George Hincappy. |
| 1:48.0 | We just watched Liege Best in Leage. Tadipagatja wins solo for his fourth career title, 13th career monument with Paul Sikas coming in second and Remcoevinapult coming in third. You might look at those results and say, oh, wow, didn't watch the race. That's probably what I expected. Well, it was a little bit more complicated than that because at the very beginning of the race, there's a split in the Peloton, potentially a crash breaking things up. We're not quite sure because it wasn't televised, but Remcoe Avinapult gets in the front group. You'd say breakaway, but it was a 50 rider move. So kind of a, two pelotons. And with 200k to go, the gap is up to around four minutes. Pagachar's team, UA team has to do a lot of work, pulling it back. They do catch them with 93K to go. And then they're, you know, it looks, Johan, you're going to say it's not that easy. It looked like they were on autopilot until Labrude. They knew exactly what they wanted to do. Pagotchar attacks. Paul Sikos goes in right on his wheel, perfect position, matches them. Pagotcha does not get away clean. Everybody else is dropped |
| 1:53.9 | by a shocking amount and they ride to the final climb where the Roshafokon, where Pagachar finally cracks six-sac, wins with the 19-year-old |
| 2:05.0 | Frenchman coming in second, and then Evanapult winning with a dominant sprint for third, |
| 2:09.6 | a minute and 42 seconds behind. |
| 2:11.2 | But, Johan, what was your takeaway from this race? |
| 2:16.5 | Well, takeaway, obviously, the favorite one, maybe a little bit, I mean, people are going to say |
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