Seixas cements Basque Country lead with dominant stage 2 showing
After claiming his first WorldTour win in Monday's opening time trial of the Itzulia Basque Country, Paul Seixas upped the ante on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Frenchman stuck a long-range attack to take an emphatic victory on stage 2.
Seixas went clear on the Cat. 1 San Miguel de Aralar with over 25 km still to go on the day. Despite the presence of some big names in the chase group, he held on solo out front to win by a whopping 1:25 ahead of second-placed Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) with Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) in third on the day. With four stages to go, Seixas has nearly two minutes' advantage in the overall standings.
[race_result id=6 stage_id=90108 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]
[race_result id=6 stage_id=90108 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]
