{"id":769684,"date":"2026-06-29T21:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/769684\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:43:10","slug":"when-he-wins-four-tours-maybe-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/769684\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen he wins four Tours, maybe yes\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCarera, who represents Pogacar as well as several other major names in the peloton, pushed back strongly in comments to Velo<\/a>. \u201cI know because I know from the boss of Pinarello that it\u2019s absolutely not true,\u201d Carera said. \u201cIt\u2019s not the real value.\u201d\u201cWhen he wins four Tours, maybe yes\u201d<\/p>\n

Seixas\u2019 market value has exploded during a breakout season that has moved him to the centre of French cycling\u2019s future. He remains under contract with Decathlon until the end of 2027, but interest from outside teams has already turned his long-term future into one of the biggest transfer stories in the sport.<\/p>\n

Carera did not deny Seixas\u2019 talent. His point was that the Frenchman is still at the start of his career, while Pogacar has already built the palmares that explains his place at the very top of the market. \u201cWhen he wins four Tours, maybe yes,\u201d Carera said of Seixas.<\/p>\n

The comparison is unavoidable because of the reported number. Pogacar\u2019s salary is widely reported to sit in the \u20ac8 million to \u20ac10 million range, while the Seixas rumour has centred on a figure even higher than that before he has ridden his first Tour de France. \u201cI think some people don\u2019t understand that they push the new rivals of Tadej too much,\u201d Carera told Velo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe young guys need time\u201d<\/p>\n

Seixas is set to begin the Tour amid huge attention, with his age, nationality and results making him one of the most closely watched debutants in years. That spotlight has only grown because of the transfer rumours around him, with Decathlon facing the challenge of keeping the biggest French talent of his generation away from the richest teams in the peloton.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe young guys need time,\u201d Carera said. \u201cIt\u2019s step by step. Sometimes it\u2019s easier to arrive at the top than stay on the top.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carera also brought Isaac del Toro into the discussion. The Mexican, another of his clients, has strengthened his own case for a major July role with UAE Team Emirates – XRG, while Seixas\u2019 final Tour preparation was disrupted by a recent crash. \u201c[Seixas] is a super big talent, but in the Dauphine, the day before he crashed, he couldn\u2019t drop Del Toro,\u201d Carera said. \u201cHonestly, I think Del Toro has more chance than Seixas in the Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Tadej<\/p>\n

Tadej Pogacar’s agent Alex Carera at the 2026 Strade Bianche<\/p>\n

Carera pushes back on transfer noise<\/p>\n

Carera also denied reports that Paula Blasi has already agreed to join Movistar for 2027. The Spanish talent is expected to make her Tour de France Femmes debut this summer and has attracted interest from several major teams, including Movistar, Lidl-Trek, UAE, Canyon and Alpecin. \u201cUntil now we have not signed anything,\u201d Carera said. \u201cIt\u2019s another fake news story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carera said Blasi\u2019s camp want to see how she performs in the second half of the season before making any decision, adding that they have only informed UAE that it is not certain she will stay in 2027.<\/p>\n

For Seixas, the interest is real enough. The teenager is under contract, already wanted, and already being discussed in figures that would have sounded absurd for a rider of his age only a short time ago. Carera\u2019s intervention does not end the transfer story, but it does put a blunt question against the wildest number attached to it: if Pogacar\u2019s value was built by winning the Tour, how can Seixas already be priced above him?<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carera, who represents Pogacar as well as several other major names in the peloton, pushed back strongly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[273352,49,48,635,143579,141519,167595,82,1422,131890],"class_list":["post-769684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-alex-carera","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-decathlon-cma-cgm-team","tag-paul-seixas","tag-pinarello-q36-5-pro-cycling-team","tag-sports","tag-tadej-pogacar","tag-transfers-negotiations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}