Seixas Untouchable on the Mur de Huy

Paul Seixas delivered on the hype to win La Flèche Wallonne sans rival in cool dominance Wednesday.

The French sensation opened up the turbos halfway up the famed Muy de Huy and no one could hold his wheel on Belgium’s most explosive climb.

Just days ahead of his matchup with Tadej Pogačar at Liege-Bastogne-Liege on Sunday, Seixas shrugged off the pre-race hype and dismantled his rivals with a brutal, clinical finish that belied his 19 years.

“I want to thank all my teammates, because they did a perfect job. Last year I was still watching this race on television and now I win here, it is incredible,” Seixas said at the line. “At 300 meters from the finish line I saw that my competitors were suffering and I gave everything right to the finish.”

Mauro Schmid was second and Ben Tulett rounded out the podium in the mid-week classic that serves as a preview of what lies ahead for Sunday’s much longer and more daunting Liège.

All eyes were on Seixas, and Decathlon did its share of work to reel in the early move. The young Frenchman had four teammates leading him into the finale.

Like almost every year, it all came down to the Mur de Huy in the 90th edition of the “Wallonne Arrow.”

The stats don’t tell the full story, because on paper it’s 1.4km at 9.1 percent. It hits ramps as steep as 26 percent, and gets steeper as the pavement climbs up.

The traditional attacking point comes at about 250m to go coming out of the last corner on 10 percent-plus grades.

Sexias attacked from even further out, and after a bit of hesitation, found the right gear and powered to the line with everyone choking on his fumes.

Without rival, in his seventh win in 2026 for the 19-year-old that has the cycling world on fire.

Up next is Sunday’s generational matchup with Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel and other spring classics heavyweights in the grueling, six-hour races across the Ardennes.

“I showed today that my form is good, so we are going to do our best,” Seixas said.

Flèche Wallonne results