Dès la première étape du Tour de France 2021, Julian Alaphilippe a rappelé pourquoi il est l’un des coureurs les plus spectaculaires du peloton. Portant fièrement le maillot arc-en-ciel, le Français a dynamité la course avec une attaque tranchante à quelques kilomètres de l’arrivée, laissant ses adversaires sans réponse.
Une victoire de panache, de cœur et de caractère, qui lui a permis de revêtir le maillot jaune devant son public.

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Julian Alaphilippe, quietly at the back. There are still many kilometers left. He is competing in his fifth Tour de France. Already five victories. Yellow also a little bit last year, but 14 days in yellow in 2019. He said it, this first week will be very important. There are things to play. With an incognito in the last minutes. Shh, drift! A big fall with a Jumbo-Visma. everyone fell. Primoz Roglic is on the side. Wout van Aert, delayed. Everyone fell into this group. All alone, all alone. He’s on the right there. They touched each other, I think. No, it’s a spectator with a flag. With a sign there. The flag, I think. The domino effect on the other side. Watch the riders from Team Israel Tony Martin. Tony Martin falling. Behind, there is Mike Teunissen who will fall over Tony Martin. It can be a big blow for this team Jumbo Visma Schelling, he has completely recovered. Yeah, yeah. But I think Steve Chesnel’s explanation is not bad. It’s pretty relevant, anyway. Yeah, yeah. I’m not just talking bullshit, right? You write about it too. Not yet. Come on, group together. Fall ! Another big fall! Huge fall again on this Tour de France. But what a bad day! And then, we’re not going to get up again. There, we’re not going to get up. There is damage. Oh my! There is damage there. It falls to the right and I wonder if Mathieu Van… Did Mathieu pass? Yes, he passed. He passed. Oh my! oh, the post! We were lucky. Julian, he’s underneath. Julian was caught! Yeah, he’s right down there. Is that Van der Poel there? No, no.
Van der Poel is in decline, it seems to me. That’s what it seemed to me. Mathieu Van der Poel, Julian Alaphilippe were caught in this fall. He’s a BNB Hotel runner, unfortunately. He didn’t fall, Julien, he’s on the right. But no, look. Look, Julian, who’s going to throw himself into the… It’s Julian, there. In the ditch. No, it’s Konovalovas. It’s Konovalovas. Julian, he’s here, Jacky, look. Pardon. He’s in the wheel. Yes, it’s true that the swimsuit isn’t the same size either. A turn to the right and immediately after, it will turn to the left and quickly, we will be in percentages of more than 10%, remember, 14%, the steepest of the slope. And then it makes a noise and off we go for this wolf scythe. With big tempo from Cataneo, with Ballerini in the wheel. Julian intelligently let himself fall back so as not to be at the head of the peloton very quickly. He asks us to speed up. He is at the helm, we saw him speak. He has in his wheel, Wout van Aert, He goes very, very far, Sonny Colbrelli. We have to make a big, big tempo. Ballerini can’t take it anymore. Asgreen must do everything possible to put in difficulty the sprinters behind who were poorly placed, in particular Van der Poel. There are punchers who are there like Stuyven. Oh dear, Mohoric stepped aside. Jasper Stuyven who was still in second position now. Ballerini parked, clean. Mathieu Van der Poel is coming back on his own. Look to the left. Left. Below, left. Recognizable with his very particular style, Mathieu Van der Poel. Casually, it’s the kind of little effort that can stick with you. Look at Dries Devenyns, who made a little sign to his friend, Julian Alaphilippe, he said to him: here we go Devenyns, Alaphilippe, Wout van Aert, Sonny Colbrelli, Jasper Stuyven, Mathieu Van der Poel, Michael Mattews, Primoz Roglic, Rigoberto Uran and Jack Haig, he must not move away from Devenyns, on the other hand, because we are still far from the finish. There is Nairo Quintana who also hurts to get back up. Because there aren’t many teammates left there. Julian Alaphilippe, he must… He only has one left. He planned an attack. He has planned an attack, he is not going to wait for the sprint. There is Colbrelli, there is Mattews, there is van Aert. It’s certainly faster than Julian Alaphilippe who will try to get rid of his runners. Tadej Pogacar who is also on the rise. And Julian Alaphilippe’s attack when Jasper Stuyven cut his effort. van Aert is not going! Come on, kid, we have to go. And van Aert doesn’t want to be fooled. He’s already been fooled so much. He rides for Roglic he rides for Roglic. He rides for Primoz Roglic. He turned around, he looked at where Primoz Roglic was. We are going to play for victory for Primoz Roglic. Look. It’s Roglic who attacks now and who goes after Julian Alaphilippe and in terms of total direct energy, it seems to me that it’s Anthony Turgis. And Pogacar, right? Pogacar who came out, yes. Just behind Primoz Roglic. So, let’s look at each other a little. Is this Anthony Turgis? I think it’s more Victor de la Parte at the end of the stage. Look, Pogacar and Roglic right behind. Two kilometers from the goal, Julian Alaphilippe still in the lead, but it goes. He went all-in, he tried everything. And it’s worth watching. Pogacar and Roglic already at the forefront, what will the others do? Will they react? Where are the Ineos? Amazing. Already, the first and second of the Tour de France at work during this first stage. The good thing is that they neutralize each other a little. Look, it’s worth watching, it allows Julian to insist. If Victor de la Parte is starting to get a little rough. The number that Julian Alaphilippe is doing anyway. Julian with the flame, the world champion. He sees the red flame. Another kilometer of effort to win the yellow jersey for the third time in three years. Look at De la Parte he can do more. It’s all good for Julian Alaphilippe with Mathieu Van der Poel, who returns to Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic. He’s going to go, Mathieu. He’s going to try to get Julian Alaphilippe , come on, it’s a long shot. It’s a 500 kilometer, it’s on a false flat rise. We’ve finished higher percentages, but it’s going to be tough. And behind that, it looks like it could do Julian’s business. Everyone is in Mathieu Van der Poel’s wheel now. And always this rider from the TotalEnergies team interspersed. I don’t think it’s Pierre Latour, it’s not Pierre Latour’s style. Impossible, very difficult to say. We have not seen a plan precise enough to identify this runner, but he is losing ground. Still 1 km 300, but the guy, the finisher, this fake to the wolves. Come on, the red flame. Maybe he will. Maybe he will. It will depend on Mathieu Van der Poel, who will be able to jump behind Julian Alaphilippe the Red Flame. Wout van Aert who works for Primoz Roglic. He sacrifices himself today Wout van Aert as Belgian champion. And we will only have around twenty runners. The sprinters are, it seems, not there. If Matthews is there, is Colbrelli there? I don’t have the impression that the Italian champion is in this group. It’s Latour, guys. It’s Pierre, it’s Pierre. It’s Pierre, tick-tock, there. it’s Pierre Latour who is trying to return. And we must always be wary of a Pierre Latour in the finale. Remember his stage victory at the Vuelta. We thought he would never come back. It was Poma who was in the lead, but there, he is the world champion. Julian Alaphilippe who is still in the lead, who will perhaps go for the Julian Alaphilippe yellow jersey and carry out a great operation. There will be bonuses. There is a break and there are missing people among the favorites. I believe it is Nairo Quintana who is second in the chasing group. Yes, Wout van Aert, who is making the effort, but it will be too late. It’s done. It will do it. Because there, it’s much less difficult. And Julian Alaphilippe, the world champion, will win and get the yellow jersey. A sixth stage victory. And a teddy bear, a teddy bear, a little lion stuffed toy for Nino. He experienced the joy of being a father a few days ago, Julien Alaphilippe who spoke of the importance of this first week on the Tour de France. Pierre Latour insists. Pierre Latour will now be taken over by the pack of favorites. We start the sprint from a long way away, but it’s over. They will not see the world champion again. Julian Alaphilippe will make the pass of three. Three yellow jerseys in three years. Will he keep it for long or not? That’s another question, but he’s going to prevail, Julian. He is living a dream. I can already imagine the little sign he will make when crossing the line. He will think very hard of Marion and Nino. Maybe he’ll do the cradle trick on us. Julian Alaphilippe wins this first stage and will collect the yellow jersey for this 108th edition. It’s done. Well done Julian. Second place behind with Michael Matthiews who launches his sprint from a long distance. with Primoz Roglic, who cuts the line, who goes for bonuses and takes third place. What a crazy step! There will be a shortage of people on arrival. Christopher Froome may be going to give up. There will be damage today. Julien Alaphilippe was just there at the Tour de France. First step, victory. The world champion starts in yellow and receives congratulations from Mathieu Van der Poel. This is not your first victory with this jersey, but winning the first stage of the Tour de France with this jersey. What a foot! It’s really amazing, honestly. It’s a scenario that I had imagined. I was keen to succeed at the start of the lap, but to go and do it… It’s really a great feeling. My team did a lot of work today. They checked all day. They took a lot from me, they protected me all the time. Until the finale where I was caught in a fall, we returned without getting too excited, remaining calm. Afterwards, we had to finish the work on the last climb where we really wanted to toughen up from the start to eliminate the sprinters. And when Andri stepped aside, I gave my best without asking myself any questions. Because you are coming from far away. You suffered, suffered, suffered and it holds up, it holds up. Yeah, it wasn’t planned, but once I left, I wanted to judge my opponents a little and when I saw that there was a little gap, I said to myself: Everyone is all in, keep going. And worst case scenario, if they catch up with you, they’ll still be full and so will you. So stay. Just give it everything you’ve got. And I saw that the coaches were not able to close the gap. So I saw 1.8 kilometers, 500 meters, horrible. And in the end, I’m so happy, seriously. Honestly, it’s an emotion every time, you can’t describe it. You had time to enjoy the last 100 meters, despite the suffering. I imagine thinking of the little family. Exactly. It’s a pleasure for me to win, but also to give them emotions. I know they follow and I miss him a lot, so I’m happy with them give the maximum, to please myself. Plus, when it works like that, it’s even better. This is really a special victory for me. Not too sad to change your jersey? There are worse things. This extremely fast finish, this climb which scattered the peloton. And then this fall, we remember, this fall which also occurred in the last 10 kilometers.

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