We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development French cycling prodigy Seixas claims first Monument victory at Giro di Lombardia French prodigy Paul Seixas claimed his first Monument win at the Giro di Lombardia on Saturday.The victory makes the 20-year-old the fourth-youngest winner of a Monument race. Paul Seixas celebrates after winning the 120th edition of the Giro di Lombardia (Tour of Lombardy) between Bergamo and Como on October 10, 2026. © Marco Bertorello, French prodigy Paul Seixas rode solo to claim the first Monument victory of his career at the Giro di Lombardia on Saturday, ahead of Spain's Enric Mas and Italy's Giulio Ciccone. The 20-year-old attacked 19 km from the finish in Como (Italy) to claim the title won by Tadej Pogacar for the last five years.
Read moreFrench teen prodigy Paul Seixas to make Tour de France debut this year The Slovenian missed the race after crashing at the Vuelta a Espana two months ago. Seixas won his first Monument– one of the five most prestigious one-day races in professional cycling– in his third appearance. He finished seventh in this race last year and second behind Pogacar at the last Liege–Bastogne–Liege.
Seixas, who finished fourth in this year's Tour de France, pulled clear on the Civiglio climb with 19 km to go. Britain's Tom Pidcock and Ciccone were the only riders able to follow his wheel. The Frenchman dropped both rivals a few hundred metres later and rode alone over the final 18 km to become the youngest Monument winner since 1944 and youngest ever winner of the Giro di Lombardia.
The Decathlon–CMA CGM rider is the first Frenchman to win a Monument since Julian Alaphilippe at Milan–San Remo in 2019, and the first to triumph at the Giro di Lombardia since Thibaut Pinot in 2018. The victory came two weeks after a huge disappointment for Seixas at the World Championships, where he finished 15th after starting among the favourites. Mauritian rider Le Court sprints to stage 6 Women's Tour de France win Tour de France stage to be shortened due to 'intense heatwave' 1. 1 ## South Africa's Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize Europe Includes a video 17 min 2. 2 ## Explosions heard in Saudi capital Riyadh after Houthis' deadly attacks on airports Middle East 3. 3 ## French government vows to boost teacher numbers in bid to ease school crisis As it happened France 4. 4 ## France’s seafood problem starts elsewhere Long read Environment 5. 5 ## What France's student protesters want – and what the government is offering Explainer France Includes a video 2 min 6. 6 ## Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Canada’s Anne Carson Europe © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved.
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