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No more cafeine in his final bidon from now on, please.
Hé did seem contrite and sincere in his apology.I was thinking the same. I have hardly seen anyone be so twitchy in the finale of a bike race.
I hope he didn't lose too many fans because of today. He is still one of the best and most entertaining bike riders on the planet. And I think he is a decent person as well even if Tony Gallopin probably will not agree with that.
Sure, he did some mistakes but I think people fail to see the good side - since he won Worlds he looks more relaxed and is attacking even more than before. Despite the mistakes he was the one who made LBL and Brabantse exciting way before the finish. No doubt he will be attacking also in RV, I just hope he doesn't need to sprint for the win again.I really should have seen this coming with Alaphilippe, he's exactly the type of guy where wearing the rainbow jersey makes him go insane.
I'm still a big fan. Animating races in that beautifull rainbow jersey, the guy still breathes panache.Sure, he did some mistakes but I think people fail to see the good side - since he won Worlds he looks more relaxed and is attacking even more than before. Despite the mistakes he was the one who made LBL and Brabantse exciting way before the finish. No doubt he will be attacking also in RV, I just hope he doesn't need to sprint for the win again.
And it turns out he's so good hes now keeping the likes of MvdP up all night with worryI'm still a big fan. Animating races in that beautifull rainbow jersey, the guy still breathes panache.
And it turns out he's so good hes now keeping the likes of MvdP up all night with worry
to be clear, i love this stuff. it's one of my favorite bits about cycling. i made fun of Voeckler all the time but he truly believed the yellow jersey gave him superhuman powers and that's why he was so fun to watch in 2011Sure, he did some mistakes but I think people fail to see the good side - since he won Worlds he looks more relaxed and is attacking even more than before. Despite the mistakes he was the one who made LBL and Brabantse exciting way before the finish. No doubt he will be attacking also in RV, I just hope he doesn't need to sprint for the win again.
In the Belgian cycling talkshow Extra Time Koers, both Tiesj Benoot and Jan Bakelants emphasized how friendly and down to earth Julian Alaphilippe is. They said that, yes he is a special kind of nervous during races, but never intentionally arrogant or unsportsmanlike. He was called a deserving and proper world champion. They also stated that the relegation on Sunday was the right decision, but his manoeuvre wasn't close to the Groenewegen-Jakobsen sprint in terms of danger (considering no barriers nearby and Julian's one impulse versus the double move of Dylan).
Welllll, that's not exactly what MVP said. He said he would stay awake thinking about his own positioning mistake.And it turns out he's so good hes now keeping the likes of MvdP up all night with worry
Absolutely true, I love his 'race hard' style, but celebrating early twice in a few days makes me wonder where his head is.I'm still a big fan. Animating races in that beautifull rainbow jersey, the guy still breathes panache.
I think what Benoot and Bakelandts are saying (and it's hard to disagree) is that it's one thing to swerve towards the middle of the road and give your opponent a longer line to pass you (which is what Alaf overdid in Liege) and quite another to shut the door and slam them into the barriers.Not every unsportsman-esque manoeuvre ends like the Groenewegen one, i.e. that's a very extreme outlier (hint: there's a huge spectrum between "innocent" versus almost killing someone).
Alaphilippe absolutely looked behind him on Sunday before starting his sprint & absolutely deliberately blocked Hirschi. He also swerved just in front of Roglic around the 1 km mark as well, so his race tactics on that particular day did absolutely involve some skulduggery. He got what he deserved in any case in one of the most comical self-inflicted embarrassments in recent cycling history.
I know but I was just having a thing called funWelllll, that's not exactly what MVP said. He said he would stay awake thinking about his own positioning mistake.
I'm applying for this thread title to be changed to "The Amazing Alaphilippe".
For the past two years he has practically lightened up every race he entered. Either he's on stunning form and cruises to success or he fails, but even than it's close to spectacular, for whatever reasons. He always gives his all. I know they all say they do, but Alaphilippe obviously does, even when as a spectator you have no clue what it's for, when there is no direct reward to be gained. One might hold that against him, regard it as an unnecessary show, but he just makes a race a race.
Change the thread title to How long more before the Inevitable Tour Win by Ala?I'm applying for this thread title to be changed to "The Amazing Alaphilippe".
For the past two years he has practically lightened up every race he entered. Either he's on stunning form and cruises to success or he fails, but even than it's close to spectacular, for whatever reasons. He always gives his all. I know they all say they do, but Alaphilippe obviously does, even when as a spectator you have no clue what it's for, when there is no direct reward to be gained. One might hold that against him, regard it as an unnecessary show, but he just makes a race a race.