Julian Alaphilippe Archives

Wheels Roundup: The Lefevere-Alaphilippe Feud Heats Up and Other News

February 23, 2024 at 8:16 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Patrick Lefevere, the highly successful general manager of Soudal Quick-Step was never one for diplomacy. But now his critical fusillades targeting his struggling two-time world road race champion Julian Alaphilippe may have caused collateral damage, namely Alaphilippe’s partner, the Tour de France Femmes director Marion…

Stephen Williams Scores Breakthrough Win at Tour Down Under

January 22, 2024 at 5:05 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

The relatively unsung British Israel–Premier Tech rider Stephen Williams scored the biggest win of his career when he won the 2024 Santos Tour Down Under by taking Sunday’s final stage. He won by outsprinting Ecuador’s Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers) and the impressive 20-year-old Mexican Isaac del…

Santos Tour Down Under Kicks Off

January 12, 2024 at 4:31 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

The 2024 world road race season got underway on Friday with the first stage of the Women’s Santos Tour Down Under, 93 km through the Adelaide Hills from Hahndorf to Campbelltown. Favourites for the GC in this three-stage race, which features short stages and high…

Riders to Watch Out For at the UCI World Championships by Matt Stephens

September 14, 2022 at 11:52 am5 min reading

Road cycling

This year, the coastal town of Wollongong, Australia, will host the UCI Road World Championships, with 23 titles awarded through junior, U23 and elite categories across Road and Time Trial disciplines. Winning those iconic rainbow bands defines a rider’s career. There is nothing quite like…

Who Will Win This Year’s La Vuelta by Matt Stephens

August 18, 2022 at 1:38 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

Over the last few years, the Vuelta a España has always delivered in terms of explosive, exciting racing. In many ways, as a racing proposition, it has arguably been more exciting than its senior Grand Tour counterparts, the Giro and Le Tour, perhaps due to…

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Who Will Win the Škoda Green Jersey at La Vuelta?

August 17, 2022 at 11:33 am5 min reading

Road cycling

We’re in for a surprise. The organizers of La Vuelta have changed the way points are awarded to stage winners. This was clearly done to give sprinters a better chance of winning the Škoda Green Jersey in a race famous for its many mountain stages…

Is Julian Alaphilippe on the Road to the Tour de France?

June 6, 2022 at 12:02 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

The crash in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège one-day race on April 24 that sidelined French double world champion Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) was just as bad as it looked.