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Alasdair Fotheringham

'He's got the legs to go for a Tour de France' - Five-time champion Miguel Indurain backs Paul Seixas as future race winner

Miguel Indurain receives an award from Alejandro Blanco, President of the Spanish Olympic Committee, for the 30th anniversary of his 1996 Olympic TT gold medal .

Five-time Tour de France champion Miguel Indurain warned that breakthrough French star Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) could be able to challenge for the race, although Indurain remained cautious about when exactly that might happen.

Speaking after a homage to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of his 1996 Olympic Games gold medal in Atlanta in the elite men's time trial, Indurain told reporters about the 19-year-old Frenchman: "He's got the legs to go for a Tour."

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