In just a few months as a professional runner, Paul Seixas confirmed his status as a prodigy of French cycling. Its explosion in the eyes of the general public has materialized on the Dauphiné criteriumwith an 8th place as a general after an exceptional week to play in the big leagues alongside Tadej Pogacar et Jonas Vingegaard. All at only 18 years old … What necessarily ignite French media and fans, who already see him in him the tricolor runner capable of tickling the Slovenian and the Danes on the big towers for why not one day wins the Tour de France and (finally) erase tablets a certain Bernard Hinaultwhich has desperately awaits a successor since 1985. And precisely, the “Badger“mentioned the case of the nugget of the team Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale at the microphone of RMC a few days after this Dauphiné More than promising … and he gave him some advice to continue his evolution without grilling the steps, preferring to calm the ardor and expectations around Lyonnais.
Video – Bernard Hinault's interview at the microphone of Cyclism'Actu
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“In my opinion, he should go around the future”
“You should not sell the bear's skin before you killed it. Already he must manage his physical abilities well. He made a great runner -up But you have to see it. Will he progress and continue to be so good?“, wonders Bernaud Hinault. And Seixas seems to have his head on his shoulders and know where he is going, with as proof his will not to rush by participating this year in the Tour de Francethe five -time laureate of the Large loop has a little idea for the rest of his program. “”There is a great race which in my opinion it would be necessary to do, it is the turn of the future. He's going to end up with runners of his generation, and that would be great“, Unsurprisingly said the sponsor of the Tour de l'Avenir, whose 2025 edition will take place August 23 to 29. There is no doubt that the French would be a gradissime favorite if he came to line up at the start of the prestigious stages race reserved for the best hopes of the circuit, that a Frenchman has not won since David Gaudu In 2016.
