The Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe, who dislocated a shoulder in a fall during the Worlds at the end of September, is logically not in the Soudal-Quick Step group which will compete in the Tour of Lombardy on Saturday October 12, which marks the end of his ten-year history with the Belgian team. This means the end of the adventure with his only team since his professional debut in 2013. Aged 32, the Frenchman will join the Swiss team Tudor for next season, with the hope of turning the page at the same time. of the last three delicate seasons. If he experienced glory with Soudal-Quick Step, notably winning Milan-San Remo in 2019 then becoming double world champion (2020 and 2021), Julian Alaphilippe indeed experienced very difficult 2022 and 2023 seasons, not failing to regain his best level after a serious fall during the 2022 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. This season, Alaphilippe has experienced a resurgence in form, materialized by a stage victory at the Giro. But he also collected second places, and the bad luck has not completely left him, like his latest fall, at the Zurich Worlds, where he was an outsider.
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