Could Paul Seixas debut his new Van Rysel race bike at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

Rising star Paul Seixas could debut Van Rysel’s prototype all-rounder race bike at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes this coming week.

We’ve spotted the bike on top of a team car just before it rolled out with the riders for a training ride, all of whom – Seixas included – were riding the brand’s aero race bike, the RCR-F.

The bike initially leaked via an Instagram post of Seixas on a training ride, where we speculated that it could either be a replacement for the RCR-F, RCR-R or RCR Pro.

The bike certainly has an all-rounder design aesthetic, albeit with a deep head tube and fork blades.

This is affirmed by the branding on the lower portion of the down tube, which reads “Road – Aero…