{"id":659866,"date":"2026-06-26T19:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659866\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:23:11","slug":"the-biggest-contract-ever-seen-in-professional-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659866\/","title":{"rendered":"The biggest contract ever seen in professional cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>He also underlined his command of stage racing at Itzulia 2026, where, based on available information, he claimed the overall classification alongside three stage wins, cementing his status as a complete rider.<\/p>\n<p>That level has opened the door straight to the 2026 Tour de France, where he is already viewed as a potential contender to challenge even the sport\u2019s dominant forces, including Jonas Vingegaard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/paul-seixas-tour-auvergne-rhone-alpes.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"Paul Seixas, world-class elite cyclist\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Paul Seixas, a Decathlon CMA CGM star.<\/p>\n<p>An ambitious project with WorldTour in sight<\/p>\n<p>Seixas\u2019s Tour de France 2026 debut has confirmed his standing within the international peloton. His presence at the French Grand Tour is not only a logical step in his career, but also a statement of intent: to compete with the very best from an early age.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative around him now casts Seixas as a rider capable of contesting Grand Tours in the immediate future, a rarity at his age, which has accelerated interest from the sport\u2019s biggest teams.<\/p>\n<p>Pinarello\u2019s move only makes sense within its strategic objective: to step up to the WorldTour in 2028. To get there, the team plans to build a competitive core around marquee names.<\/p>\n<p>In that context, Seixas would be the keystone alongside Tom Pidcock, already on the roster and posting recent headline results, such as the podium at the 2025 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a and second place at Milano\u2013Sanremo 2026, according to available data.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing the two together would turn Tudor into one of the most ambitious projects in modern cycling.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Seixas\u2019 future has become one of the sport\u2019s main storylines. With several European giants and the financial power of emerging teams in the mix, his decision will shape the market\u2019s direction in the years ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; He also underlined his command of stage racing at Itzulia 2026, where, based on available information, he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,112065,101,109609,107852,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-659866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-paul-seixas","tag-sports","tag-transfers-negotiations","tag-tudor-pro-cycling-team","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659866","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=659866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}