{"id":173600,"date":"2019-04-29T14:20:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=173600"},"modified":"2019-04-29T14:20:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:20:23","slug":"alaphilippe-wins-fleche-wallonne-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/04\/29\/alaphilippe-wins-fleche-wallonne-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaphilippe Wins Fl\u00e8che Wallonne and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Second successive La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Once again, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) proved to be too good to be beaten by his opponents. When Fuglsang attacked with 500 metres to go, the Frenchman jumped on his wheel and went past to claim another spring Classic victory.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_173608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173608\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/04\/profimedia-0427922736.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-173608 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/04\/profimedia-0427922736.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"727\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0160koda is the official partner of La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne\u00a0\u00a9 Profimedia, Zuma Press &#8211; News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLast year, I notched up my first big victory here, so being able to repeat that success gives me a lot of joy, but it tastes differently, because this edition was far more difficult. I am extremely proud of our team, who rode a perfect race, protected me from kilometer zero, chased down all the moves and always kept me in position. Being able to repay their hard work makes me very happy\u201d, said the fourth rider in history to win Milano-Sanremo and Fl\u00e8che Wallonne in the same season.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne 2019: Seraing to Mur de Huy (198.5km)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1 Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) 4:55:14<br \/>\n2 Jakob Fuglsang (DeAstanan)<br \/>\n3 Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) +6s<br \/>\n4 Bjorg Lambrecht (Lotto-Soudal) + 8s<br \/>\n5 Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe)<br \/>\n6 Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo)<br \/>\n7 Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe)<br \/>\n8 Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb)<br \/>\n9 Jelle Vanendert (Lotto-Soudal) + 11s<br \/>\n10 Enrico Gasparotto (Dimension Data)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stay on the safe side<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bwypbn-HZS-\/<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Life goals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just on the train to London and some bloke said \u201cim looking to run the marathon in 2:20\u201d &#8230;.. 2:20&#8230; alright Mo Farrah, calm down. P.s the bloke was out of breath sitting down.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Blythe (@AdamBlythe89) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamBlythe89\/status\/1121730811651350529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Too true<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nutritional values of different types of cookies for athletes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZiUyee3Vt7\">pic.twitter.com\/ZiUyee3Vt7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Phil Gaimon (@philgaimon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philgaimon\/status\/1120836106977591297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Ouch<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You know you&#39;re getting older when the day after a race you&#39;re eating breakfast with the staff and all the other riders are still sleeping \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rory Sutherland (@rorysutherland1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rorysutherland1\/status\/1121300752566247424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. 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