{"id":119422,"date":"2026-04-30T11:26:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/seixas-transfer-rumors-of-joining-pogacar-ignite-viral-fan-song\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:26:57","slug":"seixas-transfer-rumors-of-joining-pogacar-ignite-viral-fan-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/seixas-transfer-rumors-of-joining-pogacar-ignite-viral-fan-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Seixas Transfer Rumors of Joining Poga\u010dar Ignite Viral Fan Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>Social media video captures anxiety among cycling fans that Seixas joining UAE alongside Poga\u010dar could kill the sport\u2019s next great rivalry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"border-border-light border-t 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class=\"hidden sm:inline\">Listen<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\">A fan&#8217;s video has gone viral about rumors of a Seixas move to join UAE. <!-- --> (Photo: Gruber Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Published April 30, 2026 05:26AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Transfer rumors linking <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/paul-seixas\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Seixas<\/a> to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/uae-emirates\/\" rel=\"noopener\">UAE Emirates-XRG<\/a> are heating up, and one fan\u2019s anthem urging the French prodigy not to join <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/tadej-pogacar\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> is going viral.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>The online song captures the zeitgeist of Seixas\u2019 meteoric rise and comes just as he <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/seixas-pogacar-liege-duel-breakthrough\/\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed Poga\u010dar deep at Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s fueling hype around the 19-year-old\u2019s possible Tour de France debut this summer and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/news\/cyclings-next-superstar-is-already-sparking-a-transfer-frenzy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">accelerating talk of a major transfer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>\u201cI would find that terrible. It would make the race so much more boring,\u201d Killow told <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/sporza.be\/nl\/2026\/04\/29\/-paul-seixas-please-don-t-sign-for-uae-duitse-wielerfan-smeekt-zijn-idool-met-virale-song~1777452946803\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sporza<\/em><\/a>, reflecting a fear shared among many fans.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/seixas-pogacar-liege-tour-de-france-contract-transfer-macron\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Seixas Fever is now in overdrive<\/a> as questions swirl around his Tour de France debut and his long-term future.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Seixas \u2014 <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/why-french-phenom-paul-seixas-is-a-new-kind-of-threat-to-tadej-pogacar\/\" rel=\"noopener\">eight years younger than the Slovenian<\/a> \u2014 is already viewed by some as a natural successor to Poga\u010dar.<\/p>\n<p>UAE is very interested in signing Seixas for that very reason, with team boss Mauro Gianetti admitting as much.<\/p>\n<p>That possibility is exactly what worries fans.<\/p>\n<h2>Internet plea goes viral<\/h2>\n<p>All of that drove Killow to write his acoustic plea that\u2019s blown up the internet among cycling fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaul Seixas, you are too good to be just Pogacar\u2019s successor,\u201d Killow <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV5_gnFj6Up\/\" rel=\"noopener\">sings<\/a>. \u201cDo you want to spend your winters training in Zone 2 in the desert?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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<p>\u201cI really didn\u2019t expect the song to go so viral. I am a bit overwhelmed,\u201d he told <em>Sporza<\/em>. \u201cPlease, stay where you are. Keep it interesting for us cycling fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seixas is the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/paul-seixas-next-pogacar-tour-de-france\/\" rel=\"noopener\">first young rider to show real capacity<\/a> to challenge Poga\u010dar.<\/p>\n<p>If they end up on the same team, fans know that the budding rivalry will disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Isaac del Toro, another highly touted talent also scooped up by UAE, will ride in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/isaac-del-toro-should-be-leading-the-giro-not-riding-the-tour-for-pogacar\/\" rel=\"noopener\">support of Poga\u010dar this summer at the Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>For now, Seixas said a <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/bernard-hinault-weighs-up-paul-seixas\/\" rel=\"noopener\">decision on his Tour de France plans<\/a> is expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;border:none;display:block\" title=\"Script Content\" async=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/paul-seixas-uae-transfer-viral-song-pogacar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media video captures anxiety among cycling fans that Seixas joining UAE alongside Poga\u010dar could kill the sport\u2019s next great rivalry. 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