Paul Seixas: Tour de France Winner 2031

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Extinction

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Berniece said:
I think a lot of riders could've stayed with Vingegaard yesterday. Don't see a reason why the likes of Ayuso or Del Toro would get dropped there
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Unfortunately, we'll never know. Seixas recently was slightly stronger than Del Toro and equal to Ayuso. The point is that he's right in there with the top climbers at the moment, unlike Remco sadly.
 
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Extinction said:
Unfortunately, we'll never know. Seixas recently was slightly stronger than Del Toro and equal to Ayuso. The point is that he's right in there with the top climbers at the moment, unlike Remco sadly.
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Yeah that's true, but season just started, and its a long way to go until Ardennes classics and TDF. Don't forget Seixas already went to altitude early this season, while Del Toro, Evenepoel, and Ayuso (?) didn't.
 
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Krzysztof_O

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Berniece said:
I think a lot of riders could've stayed with Vingegaard yesterday. Don't see a reason why the likes of Ayuso or Del Toro would get dropped there
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Impossible to say. Vingo won very convincingly but against weak competition. We will need more datapoints but I think he was good enough to make good climbers suffer at the very end (and likely beat them).
 
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Krzysztof_O said:
Impossible to say. Vingo won very convincingly but against weak competition. We will need more datapoints but I think he was good enough to make good climbers suffer at the very end (and likely beat them).
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Seriously what good argument is there that he wouldnt have dropped anyone other than Pogacar.

It is up to everyone else they're up to his level. Its not proven by saying "oh his competition was so bad"
 
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Red Rick said:
Seriously what good argument is there that he wouldnt have dropped anyone other than Pogacar.

It is up to everyone else they're up to his level. Its not proven by saying "oh his competition was so bad"
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It's true. If Vingo is at a decent level then he beats anybody except Pogacar and it looked like he was decent yesterday.
 
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Red Rick said:
Seriously what good argument is there that he wouldnt have dropped anyone other than Pogacar.

It is up to everyone else they're up to his level. Its not proven by saying "oh his competition was so bad"
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Van Dijke was at 45s after working all day long
 
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Can a French team win a GT?

In 1990 Greg LeMond won the Tour for Z. In hindsight that was the end of an era.

Since then only one rider has won for a French team: Angel Casero won the 2001 Vuelta for Festina. They had a French license, although the main sponsor was a Spanish company of Swiss origin.

Caisse d'Épargne has won two GTs, with Pereiro and Valverde, but that was a Spanish team with a French sponsor - the forerunner of Movistar.

Now Decathlon has the ambition with Seixas. Will he stay with them and break the curse?
 
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Pantani_lives said:
Can a French team win a GT?

In 1990 Greg LeMond won the Tour for Z. In hindsight that was the end of an era.

Since then only one rider has won for a French team: Angel Casero won the 2001 Vuelta for Festina. They had a French license, although the main sponsor was a Spanish company of Swiss origin.

Caisse d'Épargne has won two GTs, with Pereiro and Valverde, but that was a Spanish team with a French sponsor - the forerunner of Movistar.

Now Decathlon has the ambition with Seixas. Will he stay with them and break the curse?
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He has the full package, physically and mentally. IMO the main question is can he last 3 weeks ?
Considering what he has produced at the start of this season, I place him between Tadej and IDT(very close to IDT), and maybe not yet equal to Jonas but this is more difficult to say without direct confrontation.
He's the biggest curiosity of the moment. I don't know if I'd like him do the TDF this year, I'd just like to see him compete against the best anywhere.
 
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Old-school said:
Quite strong, quite young, quite french
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Pretty much their A team barring Felix Gall who is on a different schedule all year.

The vast majority of that line up will be in the Tour de France 8.

A fit Benoot will make it for sure but time may be running out for Kooij to get over illness and demonstrate race sharpness.

If Seixas gets top 3 in Itzulia and close to the win the clarion call from the French for Decathlon to be All For Paul will reach fever pitch.
 
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I think he stays with Pogacar on la Redoute.
Pogacar goes to the limit and drops him on the next steep wall.
 
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I have a bittersweet feeling about this guy. For a moment, I think it's good to see someone able to challenge Pogacar in the Tour and classics but when he finally becomes the top dog in 2 or 3 years. Who is gonna beat this guy after that? A long dominance is expected.
 
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