The Tour de France, a real monument, a flagship event of the cycling calendar, is a must, a distorting mirror.
Some burn their wings there.
Julian Alaphilippe, who prefers to make the hearts of the race and the crowd beat faster, can he change his habits in order to parade in yellow on the Champs-Élysées?
After brilliantly retaining its title of world champion, the Grande Boucle, the French obsession, will return like a boomerang to torment the French no.1.
Bernard Hinault (last French winner in 1985) saw the candidates parade, from Jean-François Bernard to Thibaut Pinot, from Richard Virenque to Thomas Voeckler, from Luc Leblanc to Laurent Jalabert.
They've always missed a little something.
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The general classification of the Tour de France
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The carnal bond that unites him to the spectators is such that Julian Alaphilippe stands out as the dream candidate.
The general classification of the Tour de France is surely shining in a corner of his head.
But his quest would cast a shadow over part of his ambition.
He knows magic and
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