{"id":421422,"date":"2026-01-18T15:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/421422\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:19:09","slug":"alongside-seixas-decathlons-rising-star-leo-bisiaux-explains-teams-talent-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/421422\/","title":{"rendered":"Alongside Seixas, Decathlon\u2019s rising star L\u00e9o Bisiaux explains team\u2019s talent strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Decathlon bought into AG2R La Mondiale in 2024 and has since been playing an increasingly important role in professional cycling. Looking ahead, the French team seems to have found the right approach, with the rapid development of Paul Seixas<\/a> as the most striking example. Slightly in his shadow, however, there is another major talent within the team in the form of L\u00e9o Bisiaux, who explains how Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale has managed to assemble so much young talent.<\/p>\n

Bisiaux progressed through the ranks step by step. In 2022 and 2023, he rode for the junior team, before moving up to the development squad in 2024. Like Seixas, the Frenchman made his WorldTour debut in 2025 \u2014 and he did so with immediate impact. The rider from Fontainebleau showed himself to be competitive right away at the highest level.<\/p>\n

Where Seixas impressed mainly through consistency rather than results, Bisiaux already took a notable victory. In the third stage of the Vuelta a Burgos, he surprised riders such as Giulio Ciccone, Isaac Del Toro and Giulio Pellizzari in the finale, taking the stage win. He would later go on to finish third overall in the Spanish stage race.<\/p>\n

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\"leo-bisiaux-1-677ba590ac087\"\/Bisiaux explains Decathlon\u2019s approach: \u201cSelection of riders happens through those tools\u201dThe fact that several riders are already reaching the WorldTour at such a young age is no coincidence, according to Bisiaux. \u201cIt\u2019s great that so many riders join the project as juniors and then move up to the development team before reaching the WorldTour,\u201d he explains in conversation with Bici<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to Seixas and Bisiaux, riders such as Jordan Labrosse and Noa Isidore have also come through the team\u2019s youth structure. According to Bisiaux, data plays a major role in the scouting process. \u201cThe team already has all of our data, so the selection of riders happens through those tools.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the team selected me, they already had all the information about me and had seen me race many times,\u201d Bisiaux continues. \u201cI don\u2019t know exactly how they work now, because cycling has changed a lot over the past two years, but I think the principles are still the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"leo-bisiaux-2-677ba590ad0fdBisiaux on training together and growing as a group<\/p>\n

According to Bisiaux, developing together also plays a key role in the success of Decathlon\u2019s talent pathway. \u201cBy spending time together, talking about things and sharing the same journey, we\u2019ve grown closer and formed a real group,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was already important when we moved to the development team, and it\u2019s even more so now in the WorldTour,\u201d Bisiaux adds.<\/p>\n

Cycling has changed rapidly in recent years, he says, and young riders now have access to far more advanced tools than before. Talents like Seixas \u2014 and riders such as Albert Withen Philipsen \u2014 are proof of how quickly juniors can now make the jump to the very top.<\/p>\n

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\"bisiaux\"\/Decathlon gives Bisiaux freedom: \u201cAlthough the focus is mainly on the road\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are facing a new era in cycling,\u201d Bisiaux concludes. \u201cI don\u2019t know where it will lead, but there are many young riders who are already ready.\u201d \u201cI only rode one season as an under-23 before moving up to the WorldTour,\u201d he continues.<\/p>\n

Although many of the riders in the programme are French, nationality is not a determining factor, Bisiaux stresses. \u201cThe junior selection isn\u2019t made up of only French riders. There are many different nationalities involved.\u201d \u201cFor me and for other riders, both cyclo-cross and road racing are important. For now, we continue like this \u2014 although the focus is mainly on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Decathlon bought into AG2R La Mondiale in 2024 and has since been playing an increasingly important role in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,221838,176605,85],"class_list":["post-421422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-decathlon-cma-cgm","tag-paul-seixas","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}