Cursed for many months, Julian Alaphilippe a chain of injuries, unfortunate falls, physical glitches and illnesses. Unfortunately for him, the 2022 season was no exception to the rule since the spoils ofa thousand over the period is rather meager with two small victories in twelve months.
As a result, the French rider gets annoyed and his team gets impatient. Always as close to his runners but able to pull up their suspenders from time to time when necessary, Patrick Lefeverehad a long discussion with his foal this winter.
At the beginning of December, the boss of Soudal-Quick-Step therefore affirmed to our colleagues from the DH Sports that he had explained to Alaphilippe, during this famous discussion, that he was free to leave under other skies if he was no longer satisfied with the current atmosphere within the Belgian formation. Moreover, Lefevere had tended to underestimate the role of bad luck in explaining his rider’s recent results. According to him, there was much more.
