Pogacar’s triumph was his fourth win in 5 races this yr, with three of them in Monuments – the 5 most prestigious, and tough, one-day races in highway biking.
The outlier was a second-placed end at Paris-Roubaix final month.
Despite this dominance, in Seixas he has a brand new rival who appears able to difficult him.
Competing in his first Liege and solely his second ever Monument race, Seixas challenged Pogacar all through as different riders light away.
He saved up with the four-time Tour de France winner for practically 20km on the climb on the Cote de la Redoute, the place the successful transfer had been made by cyclists in every of the earlier 4 years.
“On the Redoute climb I was really going deep but on the top, he came next to me and I was like, ‘OK, really impressed’,” mentioned Pogacar.
“Maybe back in my head, I was already preparing to do a duel sprint because he was so strong.”
It was not till the ultimate assault on the Cote de la Roche-aux-Faucons that Pogacar left the younger challenger behind, 600m from the highest.
“I tried on Roche-aux-Faucons, I tried to keep my pace… It suits me super well and luckily he dropped.”
Pogacar is now one wanting Belgian Eddy Merckx’s document 5 Liege victories.
