Visma | Lease a Bike in transfer talks with Paul Seixas - Vingegaard's team join race for Decathlon CMA CGM teenager
CyclingTuesday, 07 July 2026 at 09:19
Paul Seixas is seemingly the first name on every team's transfer wishlist, and although only a few teams have the resources to complete such a deal, one of them have just confirmed their interest in the teenager. Team Visma | Lease a Bike have confirmed they have been in talks with the Decathlon CMA CGM rider.
Contracted until the end of the 2027 season, Seixas has enjoyed an astronomical rise in cycling as he now stars in the Tour de France. Making his debut at La Grand Boucle, he's mixing it with the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard at the front end of the race.
And he could find himself teammates with Giro champion Vingegaard in the latest development in his future speculation. Visma have confirmed they first held talks with Seixas last summer, with team manager Richard Plugge speaking with the French prodigy in Tignes, the usual pre-Tour de France base of Visma.
According to Wielerflits, Visma and Seixas have kept continuous contact since last year. It's reported Visma's proposal centres around Seixas immediately developing under the mentorship of Jonas Vingegaard - similar to the Dane's own development under Primoz Roglic from 2021.
Seixas has already proven he can hang with the Tour's top contenders across the Grand Depart after some frantic racing. After a strong opening time trial, he lost just a handful of seconds to a rampant Pogacar and Vingegaard to sit sixth overall ahead of Tuesday's stage 4.
Huge financial offers for Seixas
The most recent rumours around Seixas have suggested that Tom Pidcock's team Pinarello Q36.5 presented Seixas' agent with an outstanding €13 millions per year offer, a rumour which has since been debunked by rider super agent Alex Carera as hoax.
For context (private sponsors aside) Tadej Pogacar as the best paid cyclist in the world is said to be earning roughly €8 millions per year on his current contract through 2030 at UAE Team Emirates - XRG, the world's richest team.
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Meanwhile at Decathlon, works on a more lucrative deal for Seixas are beginning, it seems. The management of the French team confirmed in an interview with Le Parisien that the Grand Tour rider is "a strategic priority" for the team.
According to the French newspaper, Decathlon CMA CGM is reportedly willing to run through a large part of their budget. Apparently, an attractive renewal offer is to land on Seixas agent's table very soon. Details are not yet known, but it is said to be a bid at least as strong as of rival teams.
Gavin QuinnCycling Journalist
Gavin Quinn is a cycling journalist and ultra-distance cyclist with a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University. Formerly the Press & Communications Officer for Cycling Ireland, Gavin has worked inside the national team at the World Championships and has reported for the Irish Mirror, Mirror UK, and The42.
His expertise is backed by elite-level access, having interviewed stars like Sam Bennett and Ben Healy, as well as immense personal endurance. In 2025, he completed a 12,000km solo cycle from Ireland to Vietnam, following a 4,600km tour across Europe. From the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix to the gradients of the Tourmalet, Gavin’s writing focuses on the "romance and brutality" of the sport. Having visited 50+ countries, he brings a global, cultural perspective to his coverage of the pro peloton for CyclingUpToDate.
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- Y A W N. How old are you? You sound like a teenage girl in the midst of her first true love crush. Are younot embarrassed by your public infatuation with Pogi? Not surprising you keep hiding a new alias every time you get banned, must be so tiring.
Andrew07-07-2026 - > UAE have three riders inside the top five overall, with Pogacar leading, Del Toro fourth and Ayuso fifth Ah, yes. Ayuso may have donned a different team jersey, but he never left UAE. UAE is in his heart no matter where he goes.
KerisVroom07-07-2026 - Well, as I already said in reply to you, he's not riding for GC this tour so he's probably intentionally shipping some time so he can get in the breaks.antipodeanpedalfan07-07-2026
- For once I agree with you. That 'You like the glory, don't you' line would have been derided in any other sport. And as Pog said, every rider dreams of that. Jonas seemed to enjoy being feted in Denmark after his Tour wins, and why shouldn't he. Top athletes shouldn't be shamed for that.Hills3307-07-2026
- More likely dreaming of retirement now!Hills3307-07-2026
- What about Pogi's interview yesterday, after the race. The BS french interviewer right after the finish asking Pogi: "you're hungry?" and "do you like the glory?" to which Pogi replied: "I want to go ride the rollers now"... translation: "GFY" ("Go f* yourself"). The problem with the french journalist is, Pogi isn't like Lance; he is well-liked by the peloton. So they don't have the juicy story to tell. The french TdF media just want to make up a conspiracy theory. I'm tired of reading/listening to stupid interviews. Why don't they ask something more substantial? It's a race. The goal of racing is winning. Whether it's a stage, the overall, the sprint or whatever. Suddenly, when Pogi wins a stage, he commits a mortal sin. As a fan, I want to see the best rider wipe out everyone. It's up to his rival to make him earn every single win. Maybe they need to start making themselves more versatile instead of just focusing on losing weight and having boring races. This is partly the reason why Pogi looked so annoyed last year in the final week. He was sick, hurt his knee and on top of all that the media were asking him these dumb questions daily. How many times does he have to tell you that he's being payed to win races and he's obligated to finish off the work of the whole team. After his team worked for 100km in this stage what exactly is he supposed to do? Roll over and say: "well, you guys can have this win, I'm just gonna chill here." Idiots...mus-musculuspeedypogigonzales07-07-2026
- The BS french interviewer right after the finish telling Pogi "you're hungry" and "you like the glory" to which Pogi replied "I want to go ride the rollers now"... translation "GFY ("Go f* yourself"**). The problem with the french journalist now is, Pogi isn't like Lance; he is well-liked by the peloton. So they don't have the juicy story to tell. The french TdF media just made up a conspiracy theory. I'm tired of reading/listening to stupid interviews. Why don't they ask something more substantial? It's a race. The goal of racing is winning. Whether it's a stage, the overall, the sprint or whatever. Suddenly, when Pogi wins a stage, he commits a mortal sin. As a fan, I want to see the best rider wipe out everyone. It's up to his rival to make him earn every single win. Maybe they need to start making themselves more versatile instead of just focusing on losing weight.mus-musculuspeedypogigonzales07-07-2026
- United States of America should also be banned from most sports, except their BS American footbal and baseball. Since the orange orangutan Trump came into power, USA is no longer a democracy. Let's look at the facts: -They attacked Iran and immediatley killed over 150 young girls in a school. -Trump allowed Netanyahu kill over 20.000 children in Gaza and about 75.000 people overall. -Trump, the American dictator, attacked Venezuela and is thinking about attacking Cuba. -Trump wanted to attack Greenland, the EU and Canadian leaders luckily stopped him. -Trump wanted to make Canada it's 51'st state -Trump put tariffs to all EU countries -Trump adores Putin -Trumps ICE agents (his personal army) are deporting many innocent people and murdering it's own citizen Americans -Trump took away health care to millions of people that can't afford it -USA are at this moment the most hated country in the world... the No.1 hated country in Europe Now, my dear Andrew, this is your "democratic" America.mus-musculuspeedypogigonzales07-07-2026
- When answering questions, you don't have to whine.MajorPayne07-07-2026
- In case you didn't realize, my post wasn't a response to yours. You were talking about team funding and human rights. But if you look at Rafionain-Glas' posts, you can read in every one of his posts a huge intolerance towards Pogi.MajorPayne07-07-2026
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