Swiss registration lets Decathlon skip the higher social security contributions tied to French contracts, freeing up cash for higher net salaries. Seixas is under contract through 2027, but rival offers reportedly reach eight figures annually after a season that included Itzulia Basque Country, La Flèche Wallonne, and fourth at the Tour de France at 19. Groupama-FDJ's Marc Madiot has already flagged this imbalance, calling for every team to base itself in Switzerland — a call that now looks less theoretical. The structure is legal and not new to the peloton, but Decathlon just showed how fast a team can deploy it when a generational rider is on the line.

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