The French super-talent, born in 2006, scored for the first time in Portugal. Like Pogacar in 2019, but a year earlier…
Predestined category. That includes Paul Seixas, the strongest in the world in 2006: reigning champion of the Tour de l’Avenir, already a protagonist among the greats last year with the Decathlon jersey and beyond (third in the European Championship behind Pogacar and Evenepoel), today the 19-year-old Frenchman achieved his first success as a pro in the second stage of the Volta Algarve, in Portugal, on the uphill finish line of Alto de Foia, at the end of a breathtaking sprint with Juan Ayuso (new leader) with Joao Almeida in third place. The curiosity is that at the same finish line, in 2019, a certain Tadej Pogacar, currently the undisputed number 1 in the world, achieved his first pro success. Perhaps even more particular is the fact that Seixas is… earlier than the Slovenian: Pogacar triumphed at 20 years and 5 months, the Frenchman (from Lyon) did it at 19 years and five months. Is this a good omen? Meanwhile, a good result from Alessandro Pinarello, former Bardiani, who now races with the Nsn: 7th at 29″.