Is Paul Seixas' Tour de France start in doubt? Decathlon CMA CGM postpones Tour de France announcement

Visma | Lease a Bike was the first team to announce its roster for the upcoming Tour de France on Tuesday. Normally, Decathlon CMA CGM would follow on Wednesday morning, but the French team has postponed the announcement until further notice. This is due to the physical readiness of some of the team’s riders.

Paul Seixas's team was scheduled to hold a press conference in Les Arcs to introduce its eight-rider squad for the Tour de France. However, uncertainty surrounding some of the riders is said to have caused the event to be postponed, according to L'Equipe. The French sports newspaper claims that team leader Seixas is not among those affected.

The Frenchman reportedly underwent medical tests following his crash in the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and according to L'Equipe , the results were positive. His Tour de France is not in jeopardy, they say. However, Seixas is still taking it easy and has so far limited himself to three to four hours of indoor training per day following his crash.

The uncertainty seems to be weighing more heavily on him because of a few riders who have fallen ill. Daan Hoole is one of them: he won’t be racing in the Dutch National Time Trial Championship on Wednesday either. We’ll have to wait and see how things all play out leading up to the Tour, which means we’ll also have to wait a bit longer to find out if Olav Kooij will actually be competing.

It is not yet known when Decathlon CMA CGM will announce the roster.