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'I told him we’ve got to tone it down a bit' – Luke Rowe explains why we're seeing a more cautious and conservative Paul Seixas at the Tour de France

Paul Seixas Luke Rowe Tadej Pogačar Tour the Tour de France Tour de France Cyclingnews
Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) at the start of the second stage of the 2026 Tour de France (Photo by DAVID PINTENS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP).

Paul Seixas was the subject of much of the noise ahead of this Tour de France, and the 19-year-old rising star still attracts some of the loudest cheers at the sign-on podium each morning, but on the road he has been relatively quiet.

This is the rider who went after Tadej Pogačar at Strade Bianche and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, who ran away with Itzulia Basque Country in a haze of long-range attacks, and who produced one of the most memorable days of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with his outrageous comeback from a high-speed crash.

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