Trek - Segafredo disappointed with Liège-Bastogne-Liège outcome: "We'll come back to prove that we’re better than 9th and 13th"
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Trek - Segafredo had high ambitions into Liége-Bastogne-Liège but they couldn't achieve what they came for. They were active and on the attack, but had to settle only with one rider in the Top10 as Matias Skjelmose could only ride to ninth in the end.
"Hard to say, but we did a strong effort. I think both me and Cicco had the legs to finish the race with a better result," the Dane said in a post-race interview. "That make us disappointed. That’s cycling, but we'll come back to prove that we’re better than 9th and 13th". Ciccone was one of the closest chasers to Pidcock when he first attacked in the Côte de la Redoute, and was later joined by Mattias Skjelmose who was fourth on the road at the time.
The duo caught up to Tom Pidcock, but despite the presence of both riders they couldn't hold the advance of the chasing group. They were then caught in a battle for the podium that, despite favouring the teams with riders, saw none of the Trek riders successfully move clear. They had to fight for a result in a sprint to the line on the first group, but the fatigue was felt and they arrived at the finish ninth and 13th respectively.
“We played our cards well," Ciccone said after the finish. "Together with Mattias we went as far as possible. The moment they caught us it became more about tactics and control. I'm happy with the effort we made, with my legs and with my condition, but certainly not with the final result," the Italian concluded, as he now gears up towards the Giro d'Italia.
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- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
- How can you use a photo post incident to judge the incident itself (which is not hard to find if you’re prepared to invest the same amount of time in searching as writing that comment? It’s harsh but technically right even though this or worse is not always sanctioned in every race. The two things that went against MS (who unfortunately for her would still have won without making her mistake) are that it was not a bunch sprint where there could have been an overlooked incident or mitigating circumstances explaining a deviation. Everything was focused on just those 2, Schreiber was riding beautifully balanced which made her sudden deviation look unnatural stroke as if it could have been in some part intentional whilst she was slowly drifting ever closer towards the barrier to a point that would have reached obstruction level. In her defence, it might have been the realisation she was heading towards that that made her react suddenly and caused the deviation involuntarily. In any case, congratulations to her for the ride of her life, in people’s minds she will be credited for it.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
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Did we deserve better, @skjelmose_ ? 🎙️ "Hard to say, but we did a strong effort. I think both me and Cicco had the legs to finish the race with a better result. That make us disappointed. That’s cycling, but we'll come back to prove that we’re better than 9th and 13th" #LBL
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