Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe has embarked on a new challenge this year with the Swiss team Tudor.
Cycling star in France and with an immense international popularity coast, Julian Alaphilippe is in the final phase of his cycling career. After 11 years of service in the Belgian training Quick Step (which had many names before), the double world champion, 32 years on the clock, embarked on a whole new challenge with the Swiss team Tudor this year.
Founded and led by former champion Fabian Cancellara, the Helvetian team, which rolls in the continental division, in other words the D2 of the bicycle, displays big ambitions and hopes to take advantage of the experience of Julian Alaphilippe to win prestigious victories. For this, she put the means to attract the services of confirmed runners, with also Marco Brenner, Marco Haller, Marc Hirschi or Fabian Lienhard.
However, the figures announced around the transfer of Julian Alaphilippe are not staggering. Engaged for three years, the French will only receive “” 2 million euros a year. A figure very far from the large stars of the peloton of which he is a full -fledged member.
As proof, Julian Alaphilippe does not even appear in the top 10 best paid cyclists in 2025. And yet, the figure is not much lower than that which he touched within the Belgian training. According to estimates, the French darling affected approximately 2.3 million annually at Quick Step. Which is still “too much money” in the words of Patrick Lefevere, his former manager, in the documentary series Tour de France : In the heart of the pelotoncurrently broadcast on Netflix.
The Frenchman is preceded in the ranking by Tadej Pogacar, largely first, but also and in order, Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard, Mathieu Van der Poel, Wout Van Aert, Remco Evenepoel, Tom Pidckock, Adam Yates, Egan Bernal or Carlos Rodriguez, who is at 2.5 million euros.
If his salary at Tudor may surprise, Julian Alaphilippe is especially at the end of his career and may not have the luxury of refusing one of his last real opportunities. “”Financially, it must be fine too. When you are under 25, you don’t necessarily look at that. But at a certain age … it had to weigh in the scale. This is not a financially and sporting risky choice “, analyzed Jacky during, consultant on Eurosport.