Overview
- Seixas, who confirmed his selection Monday in a team video, will ride his first Grand Tour when the Tour runs July 4–26 from Barcelona to Paris.
- At 19, he will be the youngest rider to start the Tour in 89 years, according to race reports.
- His breakout spring includes winning the Itzulia Basque Country and Flèche Wallonne and finishing second to Tadej Pogačar at Strade Bianche and Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
- Decathlon CMA CGM says he will target the best possible overall finish, and Seixas plans to tune up at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in June.
- Supporters cite his form while skeptics warn about the 3,333 km route with eight mountain stages and five summit finishes, as France looks for a first Tour winner since 1985.