{"id":183180,"date":"2021-04-22T07:52:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T07:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=183180"},"modified":"2021-04-22T07:53:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T07:53:07","slug":"julian-alaphilippe-wins-la-fleche-wallonne-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/04\/22\/julian-alaphilippe-wins-la-fleche-wallonne-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Alaphilippe Wins La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The world champion was hardly seen throughout the race until being guided to the front by his team in the build-up to the final climb. He then chased down Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (Jumbo-Visma) on the Mur de Huy and went past him in the last 75 metres of the race. The 28-year-old Frenchman won the La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne for the third time in his career.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to show people I was strong in the head,\u201d Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) said after the race. \u201cI haven\u2019t won a lot since the beginning of the season; it was important to me to raise my arms again. I wanted so much to win again on such a hard race. I\u2019m proud of my teammates, they did a wonderful job to put me in the best position. Then, the legs do the talking. I knew it wasn\u2019t gonna be easy with Rogli\u010d, Valverde and everyone in my wheel. This one really feels good, with the jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_183184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183184\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/04\/La-Fleche-Wallone-profimedia-0606988323.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-183184 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/04\/La-Fleche-Wallone-profimedia-0606988323-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"La Fleche Wallonne\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-183184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pack in action.\u00a0\u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d pulled out a formidable gap and victory was within reach for the Grand Tour winner. However, the Slovenian admitted that Alaphilippe was just better in the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a fast race all day and nothing surprising at the end, we were going a bloc and Julian had a little more so he definitely deserved to win. I was just finished and if I had more I would go faster, but he deserved to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alaphilippe joined Anna van der Breggen as the race winner, meaning both world champions took the victory. Anna Van der Breggen won for the seventh and final time in her career. She will retire at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_183183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183183\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/04\/profimedia-0606999207.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-183183 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/04\/profimedia-0606999207-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-183183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alaphilippe on his way to win the Fleche Wallonne.\u00a0\u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Fl\u00e8che Wallonne 2021 results<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) \u2013 4:36:25<\/li>\n<li>Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (Jumbo-Visma)<\/li>\n<li>Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) + 6s<\/li>\n<li>Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) + 8s<\/li>\n<li>Warren Barguil (Ark\u00e9a-Samsic) + 11s<\/li>\n<li>Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers)<\/li>\n<li>David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ)<\/li>\n<li>Esteban Chaves (Team BikeExchange)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers)<\/li>\n<li>Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 16s<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world champion was hardly seen throughout the race until being guided to the front by his team in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":183182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[1886,2158,1887,2950,1221],"global-categories":[3366],"class_list":["post-183180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-alejandro-valverde","tag-anna-van-der-breggen","tag-julian-alaphilippe","tag-la-fleche-wallonne","tag-primoz-roglic","global-categories-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Julian Alaphilippe Wins La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne 2021 - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The world champion was hardly seen throughout the race until being guided to the front by his team in the build-up to the final climb. 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