Attention: there is a little big news in the globalised cycling dominated by Tadej Pogacar: the news that a new star has been born. That of Paul Seixas, a 19-year-old young Frenchman, who at the Liège-Bastogne-Liège, won for the fourth time by the Slovenian champion, managed to hold his own against the winner until 14 kilometres from the finish line, resisting Pogacar's continuous accelerations.
Six dry sprints, in the hills of the Ardennes, which made the gap but did not deter the talented young Frenchman, who several times, in order to show that he was not afraid, stood by the Slovenian. As if to say: I'm not afraid of you. You won't get rid of me easily. A test of courage, almost audacity in a platoon where hardly anyone now dares to challenge the fearsome champion.
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At a certain point, however, the values emerged and Pogacar, with a last dash, left behind the Frenchman who had triumphed in the Fleche Wallonne a few days ago.
Of course: the news is that the Slovenian has conquered Liège for the fourth time, taking the 13th classic of his career (only Merckx has won more: 19). But without the tenacity and talent of the Frenchman, born in Lyon on 24 September 2006, we would be writing about another race dominated by the world champion, a true phenomenon of the sport with 112 successes, including four Tour de France and a Giro d'Italia.
Instead, this time Pogacar had to sweat it out, restoring to the fans one of the pleasures of cycling: that of uncertainty and a possible emerging rivalry.
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