Rumours linking UAE Staff Emirates-XRG to Paul Seixas have been swirling within the Belgian media, loud sufficient that Patrick Lefevere used his Nieuwsblad column to induce the younger rider to signal wherever however UAE. Now a brand new twist has emerged: a switch between the identical two groups, for a French rider however involving a special identify completely.
In accordance with L’Equipe, Pavel Sivakov will transfer from UAE to Decathlon on a three-year contract from 2027. The signing seems designed to ship a message to Seixas, whose contract expires in 2027, that Decathlon are constructing one thing value staying for, at the same time as UAE and reportedly Ineos Grenadiers circle the 19-year-old rising star.
Sivakov has had an attention-grabbing profession arc, going from a younger tremendous expertise profitable the under-23 Giro d’Italia, the Ronde de l’Isard and the Giro della Valle d’Aosta in 2017, to that of an excellent domestique for Tadej Pogačar at UAE beginning in 2024.
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On the finish of 2025, Sivakov shared with Cyclingnews that he nonetheless had ambitions and is “looking for a superb steadiness, keep away from the errors and so be there all yr and carry out.”
Additionally reportedly on Decathlon’s radar is Jordan Jegat, one other member of that French squad in Rwanda. His TotalEnergies contract expires this yr, and a tenth-place end on the 2025 Tour de France makes him an attention-grabbing prospect as a mountain domestique for Seixas. L’Equipe stories that discussions are properly underway and shifting in the proper path to convey 26-year-old Jegat to the French WorldTour squad.
