The agent behind Tadej Poga\u010dar has disputed widely circulated reports valuing Paul Seixas at \u20ac13 million per season and denied that rising Spanish star Paula Blasi has signed with a new team.<\/p>\n
Alex Carera, who represents both Poga\u010dar and Blasi, told Velo<\/em> the reported valuation of the French phenom was \u201cabsolutely not true.\u201d<\/p>\n Carera said he had spoken directly with the head of Pinarello-Q36.5 and also rejected reports that Blasi had already agreed to join Movistar for 2027.<\/p>\n \u201cI know because I know from the boss of Pinarello that it\u2019s absolutely not true,\u201d Carera told Velo<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s not the real value.\u201d<\/p>\n Journalist Daniel Benson first reported Pinarello-Q36.5\u2019s interest in Seixas, and reported that any eventual deal could be worth up to \u20ac13 million per season.<\/p>\n The reported salary would make Seixas the highest-paid rider in cycling, surpassing the widely reported \u20ac8 million to \u20ac10 million peloton-leading salary earned by Poga\u010dar.<\/p>\n Pinarello-Q36.5 officials did not comment when contacted by Velo<\/em> last week.<\/p>\n Seixas has become the hottest name on the men\u2019s transfer market after his breakout season and remains under contract with Decathlon-CMA CGM through 2027.<\/p>\n Carera \u2014 one of cycling\u2019s leading agents \u2014 said it was too early to value Seixas alongside the peloton\u2019s biggest earners.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen he wins four Tours, maybe yes,\u201d Carera said of Seixas.<\/p>\n Carera called Seixas one of cycling\u2019s brightest young talents, but cautioned against elevating the 19-year-old too quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cI think some people don\u2019t understand that they push the new rivals of Tadej too much,\u201d Carera told Velo<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe young guys need time. It\u2019s step by step. Sometimes it\u2019s easier to arrive at the top than stay on the top.\u201d<\/p>\n Carera instead pointed to Isaac del Toro, another of his clients, saying he believes the Mexican has a better chance than Seixas at this year\u2019s Tour de France.<\/p>\n \u201c[Seixas] is a super big talent, but in the Dauphin\u00e9, the day before he crashed, he couldn\u2019t drop Del Toro,\u201d Carera said.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, I think Del Toro has more chance than Seixas in the Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n Carera also denied reports that Blasi has already agreed to join Movistar for 2027.<\/p>\n \u201cUntil now we have not signed anything,\u201d Carera told Velo<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s another fake news story.\u201d<\/p>\n Carera confirmed the Spanish phenom \u2014 set to debut at the Tour de France Femmes this summer \u2014 has received interest from several top teams, including Movistar, Lidl-Trek, UAE, Canyon and Alpecin, but no agreement has been reached.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to see how she rides in the second part of the season before making any decision,\u201d Carera said. \u201cWe have only communicated to UAE that it\u2019s not sure she will stay in 2027.<\/p>\n \u201cThe problem is that people love fake news more than true news,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/news\/pogacar-agent-seixas-13m-blasi-transfer\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2187919733.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 29, 2026 08:53AM The agent behind Tadej Poga\u010dar has disputed widely circulated reports valuing Paul Seixas at \u20ac13 million per season and denied that rising Spanish star Paula Blasi has signed with a new team. Alex Carera, who represents both Poga\u010dar and Blasi, told Velo the reported valuation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-2020256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2020256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2020256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2020256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2020256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Backing Del Toro for Tour breakthrough<\/h2>\n
No Blasi deal signed yet<\/h2>\n