Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge exploded earlier than expected Sunday after Remco Evenepoel slipped into a dangerous split that put Tadej Poga\u010dar and Paul Seixas onto the defensive barely an hour into the Belgian monument.<\/p>\n
The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe leader infiltrated a front group that swelled to roughly 50 riders after a nervous opening rolling south out of Li\u00e8ge.<\/p>\n
The decisive moments happened before live TV came on, but the split appeared to happen after an early crash.<\/p>\n
What happened next was not exactly clear, but pre-race favorites Poga\u010dar and Seixas missed the split.<\/p>\n
With only one UAE Emirates-XRG rider and no Decathlon CMA CGM riders in the break, those teams organized a chase as the gap ballooned to nearly 3 minutes on rolling roads toward Bastogne.<\/p>\n
The break was stacked with big names even as some dropped out. Along with Evenepoel, Egan Bernal, Laurens De Plus, Magnus Cort, Andreas Leknessund, Dylan Van Baarle, Diego Ulissi, and Alan Hatherly, among others.<\/p>\n
With more than 120km to go, the gap was trimmed to about under 2 minutes as the race turned north and toward the most decisive climbs of the final spring monument.<\/p>\n
The move lost its mojo by the C\u00f4te de Stockeu, and the bunch roared toward the decisive moments at La Redoute with all the favorites together.<\/p>\n
Seixas answered the hype to match Poga\u010dar on La Redoute.<\/p>\n
The elastic snapped on the C\u00f4te de la Roche-aux-Faucons, with Poga\u010dar dropping the young French rider to go solo toward the line. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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