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All the colors of the rainbow for Julian Alaphilippe

2020-09-27T18:35:38.892Z


STORY - The puncheur became the 9th French world champion in Imola. Twenty-three years after Laurent Brochard.


The arms outstretched.

After spinning like a racing car, swallowing the last few hundred meters on the Enzo and Dino Ferrari autodrome, Julian Alaphilippe is savoring the final meters of a special day.

A Frenchman with the laurels at Imola, like, before him, the Formula 1 drivers Didier Pironi, Patrick Tambay and Alain Prost.

World champion.

Julian Alaphilippe is registered as the ninth Frenchman to put on the prestigious iridescent jersey after Georges Speicher (1933), Antonin Magne (1936), Louison Bobet (1954), André Darrigade (1959), Jean Stablinski (1962), Bernard Hinault (1980 ), Luc Leblanc (1994) and Laurent Brochard (1997).

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Crowned with 24 seconds ahead of Belgian Wout Van Aert (already time trial silver medalist) and Swiss Marc Hirschi.

All stage winners on the Tour de France.

This Tour during which Julian Alaphilippe had quickly experienced the best (victory during the 2nd stage in Nice, in tribute to his father who died last June, and three days in yellow) before

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Source: lefigaro

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