By his own admission, at 32, the time of retirement is approaching for Julian Alaphilippe, who lives a new adventure at Tudor.
Julian Alaphilippe could have a smile on Monday. And not only because of the good times spent in recent days with family with his partner, Marion Rousse, and their little nino after having had to package for the GP E3 on Friday, due to illness.
If Julian Alaphilippe was radiant, it was also following the good news fallen this Monday noon. The UCI having given its approval to the presence of 23 teams on the big towers, the Tour de France has indeed announced that the Tudor, Totalenergies and UNO-X Mobility training would be present in July alongside the World Tour teams. What then restore a smile to the French runner.
“This is really good news for everyone,
he thus entrusted to The team. Christian Prudhomme (the boss of the Tour) also wrote to me to tell me that the decision was finally going to be official. I think he is happy too. And to be really honest, given the week I just spent, it made me put into perspective, I told myself that there were beautiful things that were going to happen. That it becomes official, that we can project ourselves more serenely, it did me good. »»
“My years in cycling are counted on the fingers of one hand”
And Julian Alaphilippe is all the more delighted since he considers that the time for retirement is approaching. “My years in cycling are counted on the fingers of one hand now”he launched, adding: “ Not being a turn would have been a disappointment, yes. It represents so much for me and for my career. I would have done with … I was ready for all the scenarios, but I was considering the best. The team deserves it. She has taken a new dimension this year. »»
And the former carrier of the yellow jersey to see things big for July. “The desire, the motivation and the pleasure of finding the routes of the Tour, all that is together. It puts me with a heart, a little appeasement in terms of preparation. It motivates me a lot to find my best level and show that I can still do beautiful things, he blown. I want to cycle that I like, and doing it on the roads of the Tour, it’s even more special. I will be maximum of my determination and my desire. »»
