Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) has shocked his key rivals at Liège-Bastogne-Liège by getting into a massive early breakaway of more than 50 riders, with both Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) missing the split.
The breakaway had a lead of 3:30 heading into the final 180km, with UAE and Decathlon both committing riders to the chase. All of the categorised climbs on the 260km route are still to be ridden.
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Heading south out of Liège, it’s not entirely clear what caused the split, but there was an early crash for Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) and Andrea Vendrame (Jayco AlUla) that could have played a part.
As is the case with several races, even Monuments, Liège-Bastogne-Liège isn’t broadcast in its entirety, so the live pictures still haven’t started. When they do at around 12:10 CET, it should show the unexpected scene of UAE and Decathlon frantically working to bring back what is now a relatively stable 3:30 deficit.
Pogačar did have a teammate in the move, Domen Novak, but his Slovenian compatriot soon dropped back to help the chasing effort. Decathlon missed the move entirely, with Seixas surrounded by all his teammates to try to bring the race back together.
Will Pogačar and Seixas see the front of the race again, or is Evenepoel too far up the road? Follow the rest of the action and final 180km to find out on our live report: Liège-Bastogne-Liège Men LIVE: Tadej Pogačar misses early split as race explodes and Evenepoel takes advantage
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