{"id":599861,"date":"2026-05-23T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599861\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:53:10","slug":"netcompany-ineos-think-they-have-found-the-new-seixas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599861\/","title":{"rendered":"Netcompany-INEOS think they have found the new Seixas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Superstars in cycling are getting younger and younger. It started with the likes of Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> and Remco Evenepoel, but Paul Seixas<\/a> is the next in line. The 19-year-old Frenchman has been doing astonishing things \u2014 but could the next extraordinary talent already be waiting in the wings? In Spain, there is hope that they have found their own new superstar, and frankly, the numbers are hard to ignore.Seixas already showed extraordinary promise in 2025, his first professional year, including a third place at the European Championships. A year on, he has gone to another level entirely. Multiple dominant victories \u2014 including the Waalse Pijl \u2014 were capped off with a head-to-head against Tadej Poga\u010dar at Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge.<\/p>\n

He had to settle for second place there, but that result tells its own story. Everyone is talking about Seixas, a talent that comes along only very rarely. But in Spain, all eyes are on Benjam\u00edn Noval \u2014 just 17 years old, yet already doing things that make people stop and stare.<\/p>\n

The young Spaniard took part in the Vuelta a la Monta\u00f1a Central de Asturias, a prestigious junior race in Spain. He left the field in his wake \u2014 and how. He won on the Alto de Polio, a 5.5-kilometre beast averaging close to 10 per cent. According to Marca, the numbers Noval produced here are in a different league entirely.<\/p>\n

Read on below the photos!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

17 years old \u2014 but extraordinary numbers from NovalHe completed the climb in 17 minutes and 26 seconds, averaging 19 kilometres per hour. The Spanish newspaper reports that the teenager put out 6.67 watts per kilogram, with a VAM of 1,865. Incredible figures \u2014 particularly when you factor in Noval’s age.He waited until three kilometres from the summit before accelerating away, winning the stage alone. The gap at the top was a full 1 minute and 39 seconds to the rider in second. One thing is certain: we are going to be hearing a lot more about him.Netcompany-INEOS<\/a> were quick off the mark. Noval \u2014 son of Benjam\u00edn Noval Sr., former domestique to, among others, Alberto Contador \u2014 will make his WorldTour debut next year for the British team. He turns eighteen in October this year, meaning he will be among the youngest debutants in the sport’s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Superstars in cycling are getting younger and younger. It started with the likes of Tadej Poga\u010dar and Remco…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,52999,112065,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-599861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-ineos-grenadiers","tag-paul-seixas","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}