2023-04-20 11:36:46
Absent since his fall in the Tour of Flanders on April 2, Julian Alaphilippe returns to competition this Sunday at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Julian Alaphilippe has been training in the Ardennes for a few days. His objective, to be ready for Liège-Bastogne-Liège this Sunday. That’s good, his Soudal-Quick-Step team has just announced the news on social networks. The double world champion will indeed be there.
It remains to be seen what the role of Alaphilippe will be. Does he come to support Remco Evenepoel in his quest for a double or will the Frenchman be able to play his card and try to win the oldest classic?
On the roads of the Doyenne, the world champion will also be surrounded by Belgians Pieter Serry, Ilan Van Wilder et Louis Vervaekefrom Italian Andrea Bagioli and from Switzerland Mauro Schmid.
Last year, Remco Evenepoel won Liège-Bastogne-Liège, his first Monument, by attacking in La Redoute, to win alone with a 48-second lead over Quentin Hermans et Wout van Aert. “Liège-Bastogne-Liège was special last season“, déclare Remco Evenepoel dans un communiqué de Soudal-QuickStep. “I arrived at the start without too many expectations, but we had a plan – which was to go for the win – which we executed perfectly. This victory was the most important of my career at that time, a moment that I will never forget.“, added Evenepoel, who would go on to win the Tour of Spain and be crowned world champion.
Remco Evenepoel has not driven in competition since the Tour of Catalonia, which he finished in 2nd position behind Primoz Roglic. He then went to prepare the Doyenne at altitude, unlike his big rival on Sunday, Tadej Pogacarwinner in 2021 in Liège, which lined up victories in the Tour of Flanders, the Amstel Gold Race and the Flèche Wallonne.
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