Liege, Belgium ¨C In his first season as a full-time professional rider ¡ª?he took part in several races in 2025 while still also competing as a junior ¡ª?Seixas has already outstripped some of France¡¯s previous great Tour hopes.
His victory at La Fleche Wallonne on Wednesday, hot on the heels of a dominant success at the Tour of the Basque Country, demonstrated that Seixas is a different breed than the French riders who gave?the nation hope in the years since Bernard Hinault won his fifth Tour de France in 1985.
¡°We haven¡¯t seen the likes of him in France for 50 years,¡± said Tour director Christian Prudhomme.
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