Even before the last stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, this Sunday in Grenoble, Julian Alaphilippe was delighted with his level of form as the Tour de France is fast approaching.
Julian Alaphilippe is already satisfied with his Critérium du Dauphiné. After a little over a month’s absence from Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the former double world champion has returned to victory on the roads of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. At the end of a seventh stage which saw Jonas Vingegaard establish his domination of the event a little more with a success at the top of the Col de la Croix-de-Fer, the rider from the Soudal-Quick Step team makes a first assessment of his week of competition.
« It was a wonderful week for metold the native of Saint-Amand-Montrond to the press shortly after crossing the finish line just over two minutes behind the winner of the day. I had a lot of fun and it’s nice to find my legs to fight at the front of the race. Marked by a sequence of Col de la Madeleine, Col du Mollard and Col de la Croix-de-Fer, this penultimate stage really pleased Julian Alaphilippe. “It was a very good stage today (Saturday), he added. I held on tight and gave it my all. »
Alaphilippe: “An important stage in view of the Tour de France”
However, if he showed good legs and finished second behind Jonas Vingegaard this Thursday at Salins-les-Bains, Julian Alaphilippe could not follow the outgoing winner of the Tour de France on his favorite ground. ” I think the strongest in the race won, affirmed the rider of the Soudal-Quick Step team. For my part, I am very happy with my week of racing in the Dauphiné, it is an important stage in view of the Tour de France. »
But, before turning to the Grande Boucle with a hook through the road race of the French championships scheduled for June 24 in Cassel, the former double world champion hopes to be able to get a good result this Sunday on the heights of Grenoble, with a long final climb of 1800 meters with an average gradient of 14.2%. ” In effect, the finale is perfect for me, but there is a week of racing in the legs and there are very strong runners who will want to race, ”he tempered.
2023-06-10 21:30:20
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