Teams & Riders Julian Alaphilippe Discussion Thread

[TommyGun]

Damn, another almost-blank season for Alaphilippe (except his great Paris-Nice). Years slowly go by, and his career development is starting to get disturbed by recurring health issues (sickness, injuries)

 

[Breh]

Such a schame

 

[Scarponi]

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Damn, another almost-blank season for Alaphilippe (except his great Paris-Nice). Years slowly go by, and his career development is starting to get disturbed by recurring health issues (sickness, injuries)

Before you know you are 30 , it's scary

 

[sir fly]

If he could come back for Vuelta, would be useful.

 

[can3478]

From: http://www.iamspecialized.com/news/julian-alaphilippe-s-custom-get-well-soon-tarmac/

Part of re-calibrating his aims for the second half of the season included working with Specialized’s lead road designer Ron Jones on a classy and inspirational paint job for his new bike.

“We went with a distressed French flag graphic in combination with a red-to-blue colour-shifting flake that changes colour based on the angle of viewing,” explains Jones.

Alaphilippe can forget the disappointment and be reminded of the rest of the message from Team Specialized that didn’t need saying…..Get well soon, and see you at the races!”

Alaphilippe - “ I really appreciate it. It's nice to have a big family around you for support: not just my amazing team, but also a sponsor who believes in us.”

 

[Urbi27]

Does everybody knows when he will back to racing? Any rumors?

 

[RedheadDane]

Trust me, if there was even a rumour of a rumour this thread would be bursting.

 

[Valanga]

He's back on his bike at least.

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[Alexandre B.]

According to L’Équipe, Alaphilippe should lead Quick-Step Floors at La Vuelta.

 

[Akuryo]

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According to L’Équipe, Alaphilippe should lead Quick-Step Floors at La Vuelta.

Lead as in real GC ambitions?! Or just the protected guy who will go for (some) stages? Cause we've seen multiple times already that he tends to fade away in the real mountains. He can win in the Ardennes or Mt. Baldy but thats about it.

 

[Ruby United]

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According to L’Équipe, Alaphilippe should lead Quick-Step Floors at La Vuelta.

Lead as in real GC ambitions?! Or just the protected guy who will go for (some) stages? Cause we've seen multiple times already that he tends to fade away in the real mountains. He can win in the Ardennes or Mt. Baldy but thats about it.

I assume lead as in "just the protected guy who will go for (some) stages"

 

[yaco]

Jungles will be the leader at the Vuelta.

 

[liamito]

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Jungles will be the leader at the Vuelta.

Not De La Cruz?

 

[Akuryo]

If they send all three they have a stronger team than Movistar at their home GT

 

[yaco]

Jungels rode a good Giro so it makes sense for him to follow up at the Vuelta.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Jungels won't do the Vuelta. De La Cruz will lead.

 

[The_Beach]

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Jungels rode a good Giro so it makes sense for him to follow up at the Vuelta.

He did. But de la Cruz has build his entire season around peaking at the Vuelta, even skipping the Giro, and don't think Vuelta suits Jungles as well as the Giro does.

 

[Leinster]

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Jungels rode a good Giro so it makes sense for him to follow up at the Vuelta.

Or it makes sense to keep him fresh so he, Alaphilippe and Martin can have a 3-man effort at the GC in France next year; replace Brambilla and Gilbert/Stybar with Jungels and Alaf in this year's lineup, and QS would look a much stronger GC team, without damaging Kittel's sprint efforts.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Belgian newspapers mentioning that he has GC ambitions aswell

 

[liamito]

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Belgian newspapers mentioning that he has GC ambitions aswell

Where?

 

[Ricco']

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Jungels won't do the Vuelta. De La Cruz will lead.

Yes he will. Jungels program since the beginning of the year included Giro and Vuelta. Vuelta is good to see how he deals with two GTs in one year and also to prepare for the WCh ITT. And anything can be better than his 2nd part of the year race program of 2016.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I suspect Alaphilippe will boss this Vuelta. I can definitely also see him ride top-5, but stage wins should be the main goal IMO (and there are loooooots of chances, god bless Guillén) when they also have decent, but not spectacular top-10 riders like Jungels and Cruz.

 

[Tonton]

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I suspect Alaphilippe will boss this Vuelta. I can definitely also see him ride top-5, but stage wins should be the main goal IMO (and there are loooooots of chances, god bless Guillén) when they also have decent, but not spectacular top-10 riders like Jungels and Cruz.

...ditto. If he's 100%, Balaphilippe can do some damage...he can climb the shorter ones, win muritos, sprint and get time bonuses. If he puts it together, he can be a pest for the marquis names.

 

[Netserk]

He showed on Couillole that he won't be a factor in real mountains.

 

[Tonton]

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He showed on Couillole that he won't be a factor in real mountains.

Froome showed in '11 that he couldn't climb and here we are .

By the way, what was that picture, dude with sunglasses that you used as your avatar for so long?