Pogacar Claims Fourth Liège-Bastogne-Liège in Record Time as Seixas, 19, Takes Second

Overview

• Tadej Pogacar won Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday for a third straight year and fourth overall, finishing 45 seconds ahead of 19-year-old Paul Seixas as Remco Evenepoel took third from the chasing group nearly two minutes back.
• An early split about 90 kilometers into the race left Pogacar and Seixas almost four minutes behind a front pack that included Evenepoel, a twist viewers missed because live TV had not yet started, before their teams closed the gap.
• Pogacar launched on La Redoute with 34 kilometers to go and only Seixas could follow, but the Slovenian made the decisive move on the Roche-aux-Faucons climb about 14 kilometers from the finish.
• The 259.5 km edition was the fastest on record at 5:50:28 with a 44.4 km/h average, and Pogacar and Seixas also set a new best time on the La Redoute ascent.
• Seixas’s spring surge and this podium raise pressure on his Decathlon CMA CGM team, which says it will announce between April 28 and May 14 whether he will make his Tour de France debut.