It’s official: Paul Seixas will make his Grand Tour debut on home soil this July. At least, that’s what the 19-year-old Frenchman told his proud grandparents in a sentimental video posted on Decathlon CMA CGM’s social media channels on the eve of the Giro d’Italia.
It’s a prospect that has the whole of France salivating, but what if you’re Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme? What would be the perfect outcome? The obvious answer is a victory for the Tour’s youngest rider in almost 90 years – a victory that would end 40 years of hurt for the host nation. But it’s not as simple as that.