Paul Seixas Visma Rumors Grow After 20-Watt Winter Leap
paul seixas visma rumors have sharpened after Matti Breschel said Alex Baudin told him Seixas was adding 20 watts of power every month through the winter. The 19-year-old from Lyon has already backed that rise with results this season, and the latest one came on Sunday when he finished second in Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
That jump is the clearest explanation yet for why the Decathlon CMA CGM rider has moved so fast. Seixas has won Itzulia Basque Country and La Flèche Wallonne this season, adding to last year’s Tour de l’Avenir campaign, when he took two stage races and the overall title.
Breschel’s view on Seixas
Breschel did not hide how much attention the Frenchman has drawn. “Everyone had been talking about Seixas in the build-up, and everyone was being asked about him. Not a single rider could walk through the mixed zone without getting a question about Seixas. In a way I think it irritated [Pogačar].”
He also described the reaction to the training gain in blunt terms. “[Beaudin] said that Seixas was gaining 20 watts of power every month through the winter. That is extraordinary,” Breschel said.
The measurement gives a concrete reason for the leap in his racing. A rider who can add that much power over a winter is not just finding form; he is changing the level he can sustain on climbs, in long races, and in the kind of finales that decided Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday.
Liège-Bastogne-Liège pressure
Pogačar won Liège-Bastogne-Liège for a fourth time, but Breschel said the race carried a message for Seixas as well. “It was as if he wanted to put him in his place. I think it went beyond simply winning the bike race. He wanted to show that young lad who the world champion is,” he said.
Seixas still walked away with second place, another result that fits the season he has put together. For Decathlon CMA CGM, the combination of a winter power jump and wins in Itzulia Basque Country and La Flèche Wallonne makes him much harder to treat as a prospect who is only arriving later.
Tour de France talk
The next question is whether that rise pushes him into a Tour de France debut this season. Breschel raised it directly: “The question now is whether he'll make his Tour debut this season.”
For Seixas, the path is already visible in the results. The winter numbers, the spring wins, and a second place behind the world champion all point in the same direction, and the pressure around his name is only going to grow from here.
