{"id":465487,"date":"2026-03-09T06:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/465487\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T06:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:50:14","slug":"seixas-unhappy-with-del-toros-actions-in-crucial-strade-bianche-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/465487\/","title":{"rendered":"Seixas unhappy with Del Toro\u2019s actions in crucial Strade Bianche phase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cycling world continues to be amazed by 19-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/paul-seixas\" title=\"Paul Seixas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Seixas<\/a>. The French top talent from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/decathlon-cma-cgm\" title=\"Decathlon CMA CGM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Decathlon CMA CGM<\/a> produced an outstanding ride on Saturday to finish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/pogacar-and-super-domestique-del-toro-frustrate-flying-seixas-and-the-rest-at-strade-bianche\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">second <\/a>on his debut in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/strade-bianche\" title=\"Strade Bianche\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Strade Bianche<\/a>. Afterwards, Seixas made a striking comment about the way UAE Team Emirates\u2013XRG raced \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/isaac-del-toro\" title=\"Isaac del Toro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac del Toro<\/a> in particular, with the Mexican crossing the line just behind him in third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecond place was the highest possible result for me today,\u201d Seixas said in his flash interview, referring to the dominant victory of Tadej Poga\u010dar. \u201cHe was like he was in 2024 and 2025 \u2014 one or two steps better than the rest.\u201d Seixas could only take his hat off to the Slovenian. \u201cBut I\u2019m very happy with second place. It\u2019s crazy to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monte Sante Marie, where Poga\u010dar made the winning move, Seixas was briefly able to follow the world champion. \u201cIt was a bit strange, because when he attacked I tried to follow. But Del Toro blocked me afterwards \u2014 not once or twice, but three times. They chose to play the race that way,\u201d Seixas said, keeping his criticism measured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI then tried to close the gap, but when Poga\u010dar has twenty or thirty metres, that is already a huge distance,\u201d he continued. \u201cI got close again, but it was about five hundred metres too much. On top of that, I could see that Poga\u010dar was controlling his effort. He looked behind and simply didn\u2019t want me on his wheel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading below the photo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/paul-seixas-69ac5d48cb554.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"paul-seixas\"\/>Seixas drops stubborn Del Toro in finale<\/p>\n<p>In the closing phase, Seixas and Del Toro rode clear of the chasing group together. On the steep climb up to the Piazza del Campo in Siena, the Frenchman then beat the Mexican in the battle for second place. \u201cIt was very hard, because Del Toro didn\u2019t want to work \u2014 which is understandable with Poga\u010dar up the road. The fact that I was still able to drop him on the final climb is incredible,\u201d Seixas concluded with satisfaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cycling world continues to be amazed by 19-year-old Paul Seixas. 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