{"id":813041,"date":"2026-07-20T21:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/813041\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:46:13","slug":"seixass-domestique-prodhomme-impresses-at-the-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/813041\/","title":{"rendered":"Seixas’s domestique Prodhomme Impresses at the Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Seixas<\/a> heads into the third week of the Tour de France in fourth place in the general classification<\/a>. The top French talent has put in some impressive performances so far and has regularly thanked his team for their support<\/a>. We\u2019ve seen teammate Nicolas Prodhomme climb exceptionally well in this Tour, and in conversations with IDL Pro Cycling and others, it became clear that he\u2019ll only get better from here on out.Prodhomme is now 29 years old, and with all his experience, he\u2019s Seixas\u2019s last domestique in the mountains. On Stage 10 to Le Lioran<\/a>, for example, we saw him boldly take the lead in the group of favorites. It demonstrated just how good the French veteran really is, and with what\u2019s still to come, Seixas will see this as a huge morale boost.<\/p>\n

When we spoke with the friendly Prodhomme on Thursday before the start of Stage 12, he immediately said, \u201cI feel really good.\u201d We had a lot of work to do in the first week, and I\u2019m glad the results are showing. Whether it\u2019s handing out water bottles in a sprint stage or helping Paul in a mountain stage, I\u2019m really, really happy with how things are going.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rider, who was born in l’Aigle, couldn’t wait to see what was yet to come. \u201cMentally, I\u2019m doing really well. I actually enjoyed Tuesday\u2019s stage (Stage 10 to Le Lioran, ed.) myself. So I really can\u2019t wait for the road to start climbing again and to see where that might take Paul,\u201d he said Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

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\"nicolas-prodhomme\"\/Prodhomme warns: ‘I’m always at my best in the third week’The grueling Vosges-Alps doubleheader on days 14 and 15<\/a> put Seixas in 4th place in the general classification, just under half a minute behind Remco Evenepoel in second. A great starting position for his first Grand Tour. \u201cWhat\u2019s coming up now is very exciting,\u201d Prodhomme noted.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI\u2019m always at my best in the third week, but it\u2019s true that I started this Tour with really strong legs. Normally, I have to get into the groove a bit, but right now I\u2019m not worried at all about losing my good form,\u201d said the friendly Frenchman with great panache.<\/p>\n

As a result, Seixas can look forward to even more great things in the grueling third week<\/a> of this Tour de France, thanks to a Prodhomme who is getting better and better. And it\u2019s not just Seixas… \u201cNormally, I improve week by week, so I can hope for great things,\u201d Prodhomme concluded on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Seixas heads into the third week of the Tour de France in fourth place in the general…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,221838,176605,85,346968],"class_list":["post-813041","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","tag-tour-de-france-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813041","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=813041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}