Paul Seixas: Tour de France Winner 2031

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Krzysztof_O

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AlfaLum said:
Rumour already has it that UAE is trying to sign Seixas and has a good shot at doing so. Contract negotiations with Decathlon are supposed to be at an impasse.

Would be really bad for the sport if Seixas also joins UAE. We need multiple contenders to Pogacar and later Del Toro.

Hopefully Decathlon has not invested too much in the Kooij/Lund train to still invest in an even better climbing support team for Seixas. But I think that could be the issue, because as of 2027 Seixas should probably get a team at the Tour that is fully in support of him.
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Mauro: "Paul, we promise you exclusive Tour leadership from 2028 on. When Tadej get #6 he won't even think about the Tour anymore, only about races he enjoys riding."
 
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Krzysztof_O said:
Mauro: "Paul, we promise you exclusive Tour leadership from 2028 on. When Tadej get #6 he won't even think about the Tour anymore, only about races he enjoys riding."
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Sorry but Mcnulty, Christen and Torres was promised co-leadership in that tour.
 
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AlfaLum said:
Rumour already has it that UAE is trying to sign Seixas and has a good shot at doing so. Contract negotiations with Decathlon are supposed to be at an impasse.

Would be really bad for the sport if Seixas also joins UAE. We need multiple contenders to Pogacar and later Del Toro.

Hopefully Decathlon has not invested too much in the Kooij/Lund train to still invest in an even better climbing support team for Seixas. But I think that could be the issue, because as of 2027 Seixas should probably get a team at the Tour that is fully in support of him.
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I don't think Seixas will leave for UAE during the 2 or 3 coming years. The 2 french sponsors of the team have potentially such financial ressources. This is the Paul Seixas project, with TDF in sight.
 
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AlfaLum said:
Rumour already has it that UAE is trying to sign Seixas and has a good shot at doing so. Contract negotiations with Decathlon are supposed to be at an impasse.

Would be really bad for the sport if Seixas also joins UAE. We need multiple contenders to Pogacar and later Del Toro.

Hopefully Decathlon has not invested too much in the Kooij/Lund train to still invest in an even better climbing support team for Seixas. But I think that could be the issue, because as of 2027 Seixas should probably get a team at the Tour that is fully in support of him.
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Seems like a wild idea to me, people are bound to create such roumors, so I am not so sure what to think of it.
It would make little sense. At UAE Seixas would have to sacrifice leadership for tons of races for example. This won't be the case at Decathlon as it will be his team, much more so than UAE could be for the forseeable future. Also his current team has pretty potent sponsors, so I don't think they'll let the French Messiah go for a random number of millions just now, and I don't see why Seixas should do it.
 
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canina82 said:
But he lost a Giro against a weaker rider. There is no doubt in my mind Del Toro would win the Giro if Carapaz wasn't in the race.
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also if ineos dont crash on the gravel
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Toros are black, like the album...
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canina82 said:
But he lost a Giro against a weaker rider. There is no doubt in my mind Del Toro would win the Giro if Carapaz wasn't in the race.
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But the field was heavily deplated already. Yet, Del Toro was dropped in every true mountain in the third week.
Put real Mortirolo in and Del Toro probably doesn't even podium. He was just weaker in the mountains.
 
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Magnificent ride from Seixas. Very clearly the next best rider on the day by a significant margin. Did more work than anyone else and still dusted them every time a selection was made from the chasing groups.

Did exactly the right thing imo in testing his limits physically and mentally by turning himself inside out to try to close to Pogacar when he attacked. It turned out to be a bit of an Icarus moment but he showed outstanding in race recovery to reset and continue to be the 2nd strongest.

As much as I also love Del Toro it would have been very ungracious to steal second place.

Seixas is improving with every race. Itzulia should be a big battle that his trajectory suggests winning is realistic.

Curious now to see if they stick with the announced plan or add any other races prior to LBL.
 
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Rechtschreibfehler said:
Seems like a wild idea to me, people are bound to create such roumors, so I am not so sure what to think of it.
It would make little sense. At UAE Seixas would have to sacrifice leadership for tons of races for example. This won't be the case at Decathlon as it will be his team, much more so than UAE could be for the forseeable future. Also his current team has pretty potent sponsors, so I don't think they'll let the French Messiah go for a random number of millions just now, and I don't see why Seixas should do it.
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Decathlon is going to become the Paris Saint-Germain of cycling. They already have an ideal super-domestique in Riccitello for Seixas. Likely have a good shot at getting Valentin Paret-Peintre back from Quick Step if they want to. Lapeira is a handy rider that can become their Lauren Brochard. If someone like Brieuc Rolland or Afonso develops into a big climber Decathlon likely snatches him away from Française des Jeux.

There's absolutely zero reason for Seixas to leave Decathlon. They're the new Festina. The first big French team in decades. Their prospect already looks better than Visma at this point. They took the right gamble with Seixas contrary to Red Bull with Evenepoel it seems.

Plus talk in the peloton is that Van Rysel produces surprisingly good bikes. Maybe not as good as Colnago. But already challenging the likes of Bianchi. Winning over Look!
 
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staubsauger said:
Decathlon is going to become the Paris Saint-Germain of cycling. They already have an ideal super-domestique in Riccitello for Seixas.
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Riccitello way too small to be an ideal dom. He would not even make the tour team at UAE and probably not visma, maybe edging Kuss based on form but not if both at peak. Felix Gall on the other hand, if he can figure out how to descend...
 
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Chapeau, i thought he will pay for following that seated watt bomb. If he keeps improving this fast, he is the biggest threat to Pogacar. I have been a bit sceptical, because progress is not always linear.
 
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