The elder of cycling's Paret-Peintre brothers is the team's steadiest mountain hand, a Giro stage winner with two Tour top-25s who has worn this squad's colours his whole career. In July he forms the experienced half of Seixas's climbing guard alongside Prodhomme, reading the race for a leader ten years his junior. Expect him gluing the group together on the day's first hors-catégorie climb.
Palmarès
- Giro d'Italia stage 4 winner, Lago Laceno (2023)
- GP La Marseillaise winner (2021)
- Tour of the Alps stage winner (2024)
- 15th Tour de France (2021), 25th (2025)
Cut-out factGrand Tour stage wins run in the family: little brother Valentin won atop Mont Ventoux at the 2025 Tour de France, making the Paret-Peintres both Grand Tour stage winners.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Olav Kooij, Tiesj Benoot, Daan Hoole, Paul Seixas, Matthew Riccitello, Nicolas Prodhomme, Cees Bol — see the full Decathlon CMA CGM team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2).
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