{"id":123967,"date":"2026-06-26T19:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/paul-seixas-linked-to-e13-million-mega-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:13:37","slug":"paul-seixas-linked-to-e13-million-mega-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/paul-seixas-linked-to-e13-million-mega-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Seixas Linked to \u20ac13 Million Mega Deal"},"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>The reported deal would eclipse Poga\u010dar&#8217;s salary and signal just how far teams are willing to go to sign cycling&#8217;s brightest young star.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"border-border-light border-t py-base-tight\">\n<div class=\"flex h-4 justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex 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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\">Paul Seixas is at the center of a new mega-transfer rumor reportedly worth $13 million per season. <!-- --> (Photo: (Photo: Maarten Straetemans \/ Begla Mag via AFP))<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Updated June 26, 2026 01:41PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link 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> hasn\u2019t even started his first <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link 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\/tour-de-france\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour de France<\/a>, and he\u2019s already at the center of what could become the wildest transfer deal in modern cycling.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link 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\/q36-5-pro-cycling\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinarello-Q36.5<\/a> has contacted Seixas\u2019 representatives about a possible move after his <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link 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\/decathlon-cma-cgm\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Decathlon-CMA CGM<\/a> contract expires at the end of 2027, Daniel Benson reported Friday on <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/dnlbenson.substack.com\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Daniel Benson\u2019s Cycling Substack<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The number Benson reported is jaw-dropping at around \u20ac13 million per season.<\/p>\n<p>If accurate, it would make the 19-year-old Frenchman the highest-paid rider in the peloton and blow the doors off cycling\u2019s salary market.<\/p>\n<p>That would put him above Tadej Poga\u010dar\u2019s widely reported UAE Emirates-XRG base salary, estimated between \u20ac8 million and \u20ac10 million per season.<\/p>\n<p>No deal is signed, but Benson reported that Seixas\u2019 agent confirmed Pinarello-Q36.5\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n<p>Pinarello-Q36.5 officials did not comment when <em>Velo<\/em> reached out to team officials.<\/p>\n<h2>The deal would make Seixas cycling\u2019s highest-paid rider<\/h2>\n<p>Still, the numbers are staggering for a rider who\u2019s yet to win a grand tour or even start the Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p>Pinarello-Q36.5 has the checkbook to make this happen. The second-tier team is backed by billionaire Ivan Glasenberg and the team has already been making major moves.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss-based squad signed Tom Pidcock ahead of 2025 and added nearly a dozen riders for 2026 before its Tour de France debut next month.<\/p>\n<p>The massive offer for Seixas \u2014 still unconfirmed \u2014 reveals just how crazy the elite men\u2019s peloton is going over the 19-year-old French phenom.<\/p>\n<p>Benson and other media have linked Seixas to cycling\u2019s richest teams, including UAE Emirates-XRG, Visma-Lease a Bike, Lidl-Trek and Netcompany-Ineos.<\/p>\n<p>Decathlon is expected to fight hard to keep the jewel of its system. Sources told <em>Velo<\/em> the French team is working to sweeten its offer beyond 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Seixas is touted as being the first young rider capable of challenging Poga\u010dar and Jonas Vingegaard for the Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p>If \u20ac13 million per year is truly on the table, cycling\u2019s transfer market just entered a new world.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/tour-de-france\/paul-seixas-13-million-transfer-highest-paid-cyclist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reported deal would eclipse Poga\u010dar&#8217;s salary and signal just how far teams are willing to go to sign cycling&#8217;s brightest young star. Listen to this articleListen Paul Seixas is at the center of a new mega-transfer rumor reportedly worth $13 million per season. 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