{"id":630830,"date":"2026-04-25T22:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/630830\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:42:13","slug":"david-moncoutie-breaks-down-the-rapid-rise-of-paul-seixas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/630830\/","title":{"rendered":"David Moncouti\u00e9 breaks down the rapid rise of Paul Seixas"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n“My first memory of Paul Seixas is as a rider in the U17 cadets, because he was in the same club as my son at VC Villefranche Beaujolais,” Moncouti\u00e9 recalled. “I was almost convinced he would turn pro. From the cadets onward, you could see he was exceptional. What really shows a rider’s talent is making the difference in hard races. You could tell he was already capable of doing big things alone for many kilometers. As soon as there was a climb, he made the difference,” Moncouti\u00e9 told Eurosport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Seixas moved up to the U19 junior category, his true potential became even clearer. Junior races are generally harder and feature more climbing, which suited Seixas perfectly. He started winning major events across different terrains, including tough cobbled classics in the north of France. The real highlight for Moncouti\u00e9 was the 2023 Classique des Alpes, a notoriously difficult junior race.<\/p>\n

“When you win by four minutes and there is a high level of competition, it really shows the potential of the rider,” Moncouti\u00e9 said. “Obviously, when he was at the start of a race, especially the hard ones, it was to win. He is a competitor, you can feel he loves to win.”<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/p>\n

Seixas celebrating his victory at La Fleche Wallonne 2026<\/p>\n

A remarkably calm mindset<\/p>\n

Besides his physical ability, Seixas has caught the attention of the cycling world over the past year because of how relaxed he seems. Despite dealing with massive media attention and the pressure of racing against the world’s best professionals, he looks completely unfazed. According to Moncouti\u00e9, this mental strength was already obvious during his club days.<\/p>\n

“We could feel he wasn’t stressed by the stakes, even in the youth categories. I think he was pretty sure of his strength,” Moncouti\u00e9 explained. “It’s true he gives this image of a completely detached rider, in his bubble and immune to all the expectations. It’s quite impressive. Along with the physical side, you can feel he is mentally ready and can handle a lot.”<\/p>\n

Seixas recently shocked fans by showing incredible explosive power to win the Fl\u00e8che Wallonne. Adding that to a victory at the itzulia Basque Country, his results as a 19-year-old are staggering. When asked if Seixas’s early success is comparable to the famous precocity of Remco Evenepoel or Tadej Pogacar, Moncouti\u00e9 didn’t hesitate to place the young Frenchman a step above them at this specific age.<\/p>\n

“For me, when you look at what he is doing at 19, it’s even stronger,” Moncouti\u00e9 stated clearly. “With a Fl\u00e8che Wallonne and a Itzulia Basque Country already, he is ahead of all the best riders in the peloton in terms of precocity. Of course, a career isn’t decided at 19. It’s about longevity, the ability to progress, and being there all year long for several years. There is an unknown there, but based on his current level at 19, for me, he is the strongest I’ve seen.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “My first memory of Paul Seixas is as a rider in the U17 cadets, because he was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,257009,176605,8396,85,6494],"class_list":{"0":"post-630830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-liege-bastogne-liege","12":"tag-paul-seixas","13":"tag-remco-evenepoel","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-tadej-pogacar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630830","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=630830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}