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Teenage prodigy Paul Seixas to make Tour de France debut this July
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Teenage prodigy Paul Seixas to make Tour de France debut this July

The Independent·Flo Clifford·29 days ago
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Teenage super-talent Paul Seixas will make his Tour de France debut this July, his team confirmed on Monday. Speculation has swirled for months over whether the 19-year-old Frenchman would line up in Barcelona this summer after a series of hugely impressive results, or whether his Decathlon CMA CGM squad would protect him from the weight of expectation - particularly from the French press as the home favourite - and the gruelling physical challenge of riding the Tour, the most demanding of the three Grand Tours, at such a young age. Seixas is only in his first full season as a professional rider and has never ridden a Grand Tour. But he has made waves with some remarkable performances, winning the Itzulia Basque Country stage race in April and La Fleche Wallonne, as well as finishing second - only behind Tadej Pogacar - at Strade Bianche and Liege-Bastogne-Liege.…

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