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<\/p>\nSocial media video captures anxiety among cycling fans that Seixas joining UAE alongside Poga\u010dar could kill the sport\u2019s next great rivalry.<\/p>\n
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A fan’s video has gone viral about rumors of a Seixas move to join UAE. (Photo: Gruber Images)<\/p>\n
Updated April 30, 2026 05:42AM<\/p>\n
Transfer rumors linking Paul Seixas<\/a> to UAE Emirates-XRG<\/a> are heating up, and one fan\u2019s anthem urging the French prodigy not to join Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> is going viral.<\/p>\n Killow \u2014 a self-described cycling super fan and German musician \u2014 has struck a chord with his tongue-in-cheek track \u201cPaul Seixas, please don\u2019t sign for UAE.\u201d<\/p>\n The online song captures the zeitgeist of Seixas\u2019 meteoric rise and comes just as he pushed Poga\u010dar deep at Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge<\/a>.<\/p>\n That\u2019s fueling hype around the 19-year-old\u2019s possible Tour de France debut this summer and accelerating talk of a major transfer<\/a>.<\/p>\n UAE is widely seen to be first in line to snap up the French phenom, something that many cycling fans do not want to see.<\/p>\n \u201cI would find that terrible. It would make the race so much more boring,\u201d Killow told Sporza<\/a>, reflecting a fear shared among many fans.<\/p>\n Seixas Fever is now in overdrive<\/a> as questions swirl around his Tour de France debut and his long-term future.<\/p>\n The question of whether he stays with Decathlon CMA CGM \u2014 where his current contract runs through 2027 \u2014 has turned his future into a national talking point in France, with French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly keen to keep the country\u2019s top Tour prospect in decades on a French team.<\/p>\n Seixas \u2014 eight years younger than the Slovenian<\/a> \u2014 is already viewed by some as a natural successor to Poga\u010dar.<\/p>\n UAE is very interested in signing Seixas for that very reason, with team boss Mauro Gianetti admitting as much.<\/p>\n That possibility is exactly what worries fans.<\/p>\n Internet plea goes viral<\/p>\n All of that drove Killow to write his acoustic plea that\u2019s blown up the internet among cycling fans.<\/p>\n \u201cPaul Seixas, you are too good to be just Pogacar\u2019s successor,\u201d Killow sings<\/a>. \u201cDo you want to spend your winters training in Zone 2 in the desert?\u201d<\/p>\n A video, with Killow in a polka-dot jersey strumming a guitar, has drawn more than 26,000 likes and generated a heated debate in the comments section.<\/p>\n \u201cI really didn\u2019t expect the song to go so viral. I am a bit overwhelmed,\u201d he told Sporza. \u201cPlease, stay where you are. Keep it interesting for us cycling fans.\u201d<\/p>\n Seixas is the first young rider to show real capacity<\/a> to challenge Poga\u010dar.<\/p>\n If they end up on the same team, fans know that the budding rivalry will disappear.<\/p>\n Isaac del Toro, another highly touted talent also scooped up by UAE, will ride in support of Poga\u010dar this summer at the Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n Killow\u2019s social media protest song might capture the mood of many fans worldwide, but UAE may have a few million reasons to change Seixas\u2019 mind.<\/p>\n For now, Seixas said a decision on his Tour de France plans<\/a> is expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n