Paul Seixas: Tour de France Winner 2031

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This is so typical of this Cycling forum. We have a 18-year old winning the biggest U-23 race in the world with some nice performances.

But the topic most discussed after that is how you pronounce his name. 😂
That's because most of us had to listen to commentators absolutely butchering his name for the whole of l'Avenir. TNT was abysmal.
 
But his grandfather was... The name didn't born with Paul... Seixas is a portuguese surname, period.
I will not say Hinault is a portuguese surname just because there is a portuguese citizen with that surname.
His first name is also an Old French name, so the correct pronunciation is as it would have been pronounced 1000 years ago and not the totally wrong manner of Modern French?
 
They can pronounce it as many times as they want, it's still wrong. I'm portuguese, I know how to pronounce portuguese surnames. I'm pretty sure his grandfather doesn't call his surname "sécsas"

Why are you so insistant that a French guy (and his family) should pronounce his name in the original Portuguese way, when it clearly has been a couple of generations since the family lived in Portugal?

I'm Danish, I don't insist that people with Danish ancestry living in some other country keeping pronouncing 'Jensen' in the original Danish way.
 
He pronounces it the French way (and yes, the beginning sounds like the forbidden word), like all people named Seixas in France do (this Portuguese surname is common in France, as Oliveira is - also pronounced the French way).
I had no idea Seixas and Oliveira had become somewhat common surnames in France, but it makes sense, since so many portuguese nationals emigrated to France in the last century.

Still, it's funny to see how the french have evolved their own way of pronouncing "Seixas" so differently.
 
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In some remote part of the world, Seixas means champion, and it's pronounced "win" :cool: . In French it is: pronounced: "Allez Paul!"

$ex @s is in Remco territory...the hopes of a country, it is scary...love and respect to Remco for handling this $hit. Paul, be ready...It is Remco territory...

Meanwhile, the Slovenian Dragon sits atop of the mountain. Gifting red to an old enemy...nap on the couch...he's the big cat...
 
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Very impressive performance today by Seixas again. At just 18 years he was never really contending for the win, but he got close to the group that fought for the podium when the race was already at it hardest and around the 200K marker.

Very good first year as a pro for him even if you dont consider his age. But when you take into account that this boy has been 18 the entire season it is just absolutely amazing.
 
That was the best ride of his season as far as I'm concerned, a level above even his Dauphiné showing. It's already practically unheard of for a first-year U23 to even finish the men's road race, let alone to do so in 13th on a route so brutal that only 30 guys finished. Another year with as much development as he's had this year (obviously not a given) and he's riding for the podium at the Worlds and/or Lombardia in twelve months, which is insane to even think about.
 
That was the best ride of his season as far as I'm concerned, a level above even his Dauphiné showing. It's already practically unheard of for a first-year U23 to even finish the men's road race, let alone to do so in 13th on a route so brutal that only 30 guys finished. Another year with as much development as he's had this year (obviously not a given) and he's riding for the podium at the Worlds and/or Lombardia in twelve months, which is insane to even think about.
Showed today that he is on track to be team leader at the home worlds in 2027 on a parcours that should suit him.
 

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