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Cycling: Alaphilippe on the poster for the GP Scherens on August 7 in Louvain where he had retained his title of world champion

2022-07-28T10:44:50.656Z


Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe will headline the Jef Scherens Memorial on August 7 in Leuven, where he won his second world title...


Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe will headline the Jef Scherens Memorial on August 7 in Leuven, where he won his second consecutive world title last year, the organizer announced on Thursday.

The Quick Step puncher had to leave the Tour de Wallonie on Monday due to Covid-19 contamination which forced him to forfeit the Clasica San Sebastian on Saturday in the Basque Country.

"

I can't wait to take part in the Tour de Louvain - Memorial Jef Scherens

", commented the double world champion in a press release from the organization.

It hasn't been the easiest year for me so far, but coming back to the course where I became world champion will be very special.

This September 26 was a very beautiful day.

What a crowd on the side of the roads and what an incredible noise!

I will never forget him.

Being able to rewatch the film from that day means a lot to me

,” he added.

Of the 37 climbs that the riders will tackle, most were on the menu at last year's Worlds.

The final circuit, which the riders will have to cover six times, is a carbon copy of the rainbow course with the Keizersberg (5%), the Decouxlaan (3.4%), the Wijnpers (8.3%) and the Sint-Antoniusberg (4.7%), which was renamed “the hump of Alaphilippe” after the Worlds.

Alaphilippe is having a chaotic 2022 season.

He first crashed during the Strade Bianche in early March in Tuscany, before having to withdraw from Milan-SanRemo and the Tour of Flanders due to bronchitis.

Victim of a serious fall during Liège-Bastogne-Liège (the priority objective of his spring), he got up with a pneumothorax, two broken ribs and a fractured shoulder blade.

Returning to competition during the French Championship at the end of June (13th) just before the Tour de France 2022, he was ultimately not selected by his team for the Great Loop.

Source: lefigaro

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