‘I would have liked them to be there’ – Paul Seixas disappointed by absence of Pogačar and Vingegaard at Dauphiné, his Tour de France ‘rehearsal’

One of the most anticipated debuts of a French rider at the Tour de France is fast approaching, with just eight more race days and less than a month separating Paul Seixas from his first Grand Départ in Barcelona in July 4.

The 19-year-old Decathlon CMA CGM rider is well aware of the expectation and pressure following him, which he has earned as the top teenage talent in the sport, and he’s about to embark on his final “rehearsal” for the big event at the Tour-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes – what was the Critérium du Dauphiné.