French teenager Seixas grabs white jersey as Tour podium dream gathers pace

LE MARKSTEIN, France, July 18 : French teenager Paul Seixas took over the white jersey as the Tour de France's best young rider on Saturday after climbing to fourth place overall with an impressive ride on Stage 14.The 19-year-old, who is the youngest competitor to start the Tour since 1937, finished third on the 155.3km stage from Mulhouse to Le Markstein, just days after his maiden podium at Le Lioran. The Decathlon CMA CGM rider now sits 15 seconds behind Belgium's Remco Evenepoel, who occupies third in the general classification. Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar and Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard occupy the top two spots."It's really a pleasure to have this white jersey and still be in the hunt for the podium," Seixas said after taking the jersey from Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) by a margin of three se