Paul Seixas: Tour de France Winner 2031

[Berniece]

This is more than that.

Last year he couldn't even dropped Widar. It's all so absurd.

He was sick before

 

[AlfaLum]

The team performance today will not help Decathlon in keeping Seixas on board after 2027.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

He was sick before

In the time trial he was strong.

 

[KZD]

First big win for Paul Seixas, Itzulia's GC.

Even though today's attack was a bit too optimistic he led the race from start to finish, won three stages and dominated some solid GC riders.

Amazing season so far for Seixas, now onto the Ardennes!

 

[Oldman]

He is only 19. I agree with Extinction. Maybe he suffered in today's heat but I would not read too much into anything we saw in terms of what his potential is.

And he won the stage and put another minute into 3rd place; negating Roglic as a long threat for today. Roglic's riding for training and supporting Lipo as best as he can. Lipo does lack some tactical skills at this point and Seixas has benefitted from that. Including Pogacar as a potential victim of Paul's current race form is pointless. What happens in July will be what many are preparing for. Guys riding well at UAE tour and other start-of-season races get their UCI points but early peaks don't mean race wins 3 months later.

 

[Rou]

The team performance today will not help Decathlon in keeping Seixas on board after 2027.

With a more competent DS and better riders he could have literally won all 6 stages.

 

[RedheadDane]

He clearly missed the lesson in school were they talked about sharing!

Date	Result	Race
06.04 › 11.04		Itzulia Basque Country (2.UWT)
11.04	1	Youth classification
11.04	1	Mountains classification
11.04	1	Points classification
11.04	1	General classification

 

[Alexandre B.]

With a more competent DS and better riders he could have literally won all 6 stages.

He's 19 yo, ffs. Lead the whole way. Won three stages and all jerseys.

Riding all stages full gas would've been pointless.

 

[pastronef]

The myth is gone. He recovers like a fresh daisy.

he went too deep in the false flat alone for 40 minutes. got caught. a mistake and he'll learn from that.

 

[pastronef]

The team performance today will not help Decathlon in keeping Seixas on board after 2027.

the team was great for 5 stages. today they felt the effort. 2028 is still far

 

[AlfaLum]

the team was great for 5 stages. today they felt the effort. 2028 is still far

Meeh it was Seixas himself carrying the team mostly not the other riders. Riccitello was hardly any use to Seixas the entire race. Bisiaux burned out quite fast, but lets call him reasonable. Prodhomme was reasonable as well.

If they want to give him a team that is not a weakness in the Tour they will have to up the bar a lot in my opinion. And with so much money spend on Kooij and his train that could become problametic.

 

[pastronef]

Meeh it was Seixas himself carrying the team mostly not the other riders. Riccitello was hardly any use to Seixas the entire race. Bisiaux burned out quite fast, but lets call him reasonable. Prodhomme was reasonable as well.

If they want to give him a team that is not a weakness in the Tour they will have to up the bar a lot in my opinion. And with so much money spend on Kooij and his train that could become problametic.

Seixas, if he rides the Tour, just has to follow the other teams, like Pog did in 2020. in 2027, and after, decathlon will have time to build a team

 

[AlfaLum]

Seixas, if he rides the Tour, just has to follow the other teams, like Pog did in 2020. in 2027, and after, decathlon will have time to build a team

This year agreed. Next year might be different, and you can also get attacked for third place at some point by teams like Red Bull.

 

[Oldman]

With a more competent DS and better riders he could have literally won all 6 stages.

What I hope for Seixas is the French fan base allows him to grow, have ups and downs without projecting premature demands on him. Historically they are greatly supportive of their national heroes but in today's Fan World that support can turn on a dime. I sound like a broken record when I repeat: "let the young guys' grow. Don't write them off at the first sign of fatigue or weakness." Mostly on this forum; no one has done that.

 

[DogMan2026]

The team performance today will not help Decathlon in keeping Seixas on board after 2027.

I don't think he will be at Decathlon next year. I read somewhere that he is making between 150k and 350k right now. He is going to get a huge pay raise and with the "French tax" (42% of riders gross salary in social chargers) I don't think Deca will be able to offer him even close to what one of the bigger $$$ teams can offer.

My money would be on the following in order of likeliness :
1) UAE - they seem to have endless money
2) Red Bull Bora - could take over Roglics leadership role (as well as his salary)
3) Ineos - Still need a GC rider

The fact he has put any contract extension talks with Deca on hold also speaks to me that he probably will leave.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

With a more competent DS and better riders he could have literally won all 6 stages.

Are you watching Decathlon this year? Decathlon made a good selection on Tuesday's stage that decided the race. Which other team has been better? They all ended up getting into breakaways because they had absolutely nothing to do. Besides, when the other teams help you like Bahrain and you've already won the race, what more does it matter?

They were also the team that made the selection in UAE Tour, but Felix Gall had a bad race.