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Fighting to Stay in White TdF26-113
In can be argued that Paul Seixas (Decathlon-CMA CGM) is the best young rider in the Tour, he is certainly the youngest rider in a very long time. Yesterday he claimed the Maillot Blanc that is awarded to the best placed rider under the age of 25 at the start of the Tour. On the climb of the Plateau de Solaison, he was in danger of losing that white jersey. On his wheel was the winner of that honor from 2025, Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe). Lipowitz wasn't about to help the teenager. His teammate was up the road, so Lipowitz was going to sit on the wheel and try to out sprint him for fourth on the stage. He couldn't quite manage it, finishing just behind Seixas, much as they are now. Seixas came in 52 seconds behind Isaac Del Toro who got a six second time bonus for finishing third. The Maillot Blanc will go back to Del Toro, with Seixas in second trailing by twenty-five seconds. He does move into fourth in the general classification behind Del Toro, again, by obviously the same time gap.