Teenage super-talent Paul Seixas will make his Tour de France debut this July, his team confirmed on Monday, making him the youngest rider at the race in 89 years.
Speculation has swirled for months over whether the 19-year-old Frenchman would line up in Barcelona this summer after a series of hugely impressive results, or whether his Decathlon CMA CGM squad would protect him from the weight of expectation - particularly from the French press as the home favourite - and the gruelling physical challenge of riding the Tour, the most demanding of the three Grand Tours, at such a young age.
