A few weeks before the Tour de France, Julian Alaphilippe approaches with ambition the Tour of Switzerland, an important event for his team Tudor Pro Cycling.
This is the other usual meeting in June. While a good part of the peloton refines his condition on the Dauphiné by thinking of the Tour de France, the Tour of Switzerland offers an option to those who want to prowl before the big loop.
This is the case of Julian Alaphilippe, who takes over the competition after a period of a month and a half without a race in the wake of the Ardennes classics. “I am super motivated,
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in the team Before this tour of Switzerland. After three weeks of internship, I want to run, it’s an important race for the team. And it’s the last big test before the Tour de France, the last step of preparation, but it’s a race where I want to feel good. I worked a lot to get closer to the top of my condition, so it’s an important week. »»
With his Swiss team Tudor Pro Cycling, where we will also find Marc Hirschi, Alaphilippe will aim for the stages, especially in the first days of racing, where the rugged journey could suit him. “We have no ambition in the general classification but we want to be offensive, to win something in the week”explains the double world champion.
Alaphilippe, happy at Tudor
After leaving this season his always team this season, the Quick-Step, Julian Alaphilippe has not yet won his first success under the colors of Tudor. But the Habs are happy with his first steps in this new environment.
“It’s brand new and it’s good, pleasant. I have the impression of rediscovering my job, with new people, new ways of doing things. After so many years (at Quick-Step, from 2014 to 2024), we get used to it and it was the right time in my career to take part in this new, new project, with a lot of ambition. »» To be confirmed this week on the Tour of Switzerland… and in July on the Tour de France.
