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Alasdair Fotheringham

'He won the best-of-the-rest race' – French National Coach Thomas Voeckler heaps praise on breakthrough ride to bronze at European Championships by 19-year-old Paul Seixas

Road European Championships: Paul Seixas nets the bronze.

If there were no surprises as to the top two performers in the elite men's Road European Championships road race on Sunday, French cycling was logically buzzing with 19-year-old Paul Seixas' sensational ride on home soil to a bronze medal alongside winner Tadej Pogačar and runner-up Remco Evenepoel.

Despite his young age and mid-season sickness, the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale racer has already taken a knock-out triumph in the Tour de l'Avenir in 2025, as well as an eighth place overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné, his first top ten on GC in a WorldTour stage race.

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