It’s not official yet, but it’s not official. The French Julian Alaphilippe I had to decide whether to include the Tour de France in your career program, after completing a great Italy is spinningwhere he won a stage and where for many he was the most resistant cyclist ofto ‘Corsa Rosa’. Your team leader, Soudal Quick-Stepwith whom he had ups and downs, Patrick Levevere I want toand ‘Loulou’ will accompany Remco Evenepoel in the Belgian formation of the Tour de France.
Lefevere tried to protect the Belgian with his best men Remco Evenepoelwhich debuts this year on el Tour de France and who is currently objecting to Dauphiné Criterium, after recovering from a serious fall he suffered at Itzulianext to Mikel Landawhich follows the Belgian cannibal at ‘Big Boucle’.
A wish that according to Alaphilippe’s words cannot come true, because Alaphilippe has already informed Lefevere, according to ‘Tuttobici’, that he wants to carry out the programs decided in December, so he will skip the Tour to join the French team will participate in Olympic Games in Paris.
In this sense, the French cycling coach Thomas Voeckler The names of the runners who will wear the French team jersey have not yet been made public, but he does not see Alaphilippe being called up for the Games if he does Giro and Tour double. “We cannot consider the Olympic Games as a goal after riding a tiring Giro. Julian leads almost every day and then he must continue the Tour de France in the service of a leader (Evenepoel) to run for the general classification, with all the physical and mental effort that entails. Going to the Games is only possible if we consider them an end in themselves or competing on the Tour which governs the race itself and does not serve a leader like Evenepoel.”
Therefore, Alaphilippe decided not to fight the Tour de France this year and try to fight for some Olympic medals that you have not yet hung around your neck. His best result was 4th place in the road cycling test of Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games (Brazil) 2016.
Source: La Verdad
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