Julian Alaphilippe celebrates victory on stage two of the 2020 Tour de France (Photo by STEPHANE MAHE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Alaphilippe beat Marc Hirschi to the line on the stage two finish in Nice
Julian Alaphilippe and Wout van Aert at Milan - San Remo 2020 (Luca Bettini/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)The Frenchman says he has mixed feeling after finishing runner-up at the race he won last year
Julian Alaphilippe and Thibaut Pinot at the 2019 Tour de France (Photo by Bernard Papon-Pool/Getty Images)French riders caught the popular imagination at the Tour de France last year, highlighting how the likes of Julian Alaphilippe and Thibaut Pinot are breathing new life into a sport that has long wallowed in the French doldrums
Julian Alaphilippe at the Tour of Colombia (Photo by Maximiliano Blanco/Getty Images)Julian Alaphilippe’s dad has died after suffering from a long illness.
Julian Alaphilippe on stage 15 of the 2019 Tour de France (Sunada)The bittersweet news that the Tour de France will be postponed has been met by a mixture of hope and scepticism.