He himself admitted that he could no longer keep still “a few days away from meeting (his) baby”.
The day after his 29th birthday, Julian Alaphilippe will finally not be at the start of the time trial scheduled for this Saturday on the Tour de Suisse, which he preferred to the Critérium du Dauphiné in order to prepare for the Tour de France (June 26 - July 18).
The Deceuninck-Quick Step runner has finally decided to join his partner Marion Rousse who is due to give birth to their first child on Monday.
It was the boss of his team, Patrick Lefevere, who told the news in his daily column to the newspaper Het Nieuwsblad.
Thank you all for your birthday messages 🥳🥳🥳 # 29
Still working
hard
today on the Tour de Suisse🇨🇭
I want more in place a few days to meet our baby ⏳ @ Roussemarion
❤️❤️❤️
📸 @GettySport pic. twitter.com/yCvnIQcKxU
- Julian Alaphilippe Officiel (@ alafpolak1) June 11, 2021
"Today (Saturday), the plan is to abandon the race because her baby is expected, normally on Monday," announced the general manager of Deceuninck-Quickstep.
This Thursday, Marion Rousse herself had mentioned on Instagram, at the time of celebrating the birthday of her lover, her next role of dad of their "tornado to come".
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Sportingly, Lefevere sums up the week of his rider who left the race in 4th place, 53 seconds behind the Ecuadorian Carapaz: “Julian was not up to Mathieu van der Poel in the first stages, but I didn't. am not very worried.
If the Tour started tomorrow he would have a problem, but we still have two weeks.
I see Julian racing in Switzerland like he did in the Tour de France last year.
Unbridled, guided by instinct, but always thoroughly.
Last year, the Tour had been his preparation for the World Championship.
Switzerland was his preparation for the Tour ”.
Julian Alaphilippe had also announced a few weeks ago his renouncement to participate in the Tokyo Olympics at the exit of the Tour in order to find his partner and his baby whose arrival is therefore imminent.
