Former teenage Grand Tour star Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) is expecting 19-year-old new kid on the block Paul Seixas (Decathlon CGM CMN) to attack the race on debut at the fast-upcoming 2026 Tour de France.
Both of the younger-generation Tour riders are looking to challenge the likes of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) in the race for the podium.
The Frenchman and Spaniard have raced against each other several times in 2026, with Ayuso coming out on top of a close battle at the Volta ao Algarve, Seixas winning Itzulia Basque Country where the Spaniard abandoned ill, and both then failing to beat Pogačar's teammate Isaac del Toro at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
