Alaphilippe keeps France celebrating with Tour stage win
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LE GRAND-BORNAND, France --- France has a new cycling star. Two days after the country's soccer players won the World Cup, Julian Alaphilippe became the first French winner of a stage at this year's Tour de France on Tuesday. Fueled by previous disappoiAlaphilippe keeps France celebrating with Tour stage win
LE GRAND-BORNAND, France --- France has a new cycling star. Two days after the country's soccer players won the World Cup, Julian Alaphilippe became the first French winner of a stage at this year's Tour de France on Tuesday. Fueled by previous disappointments and thoughts of his ill father watching on TV, Alaphilippe timed his break perfectly and powered to victory on the first day in the mountains, crossing the line alone, and finishing well ahead of his rivals for his first Tour win. «I imagined winning it because it was a huge objective for me, but to win it like that, all alone ...,» Alaphilippe said. "I don't know how many kilometers I was alone - phew, it was a b...Keep on reading: Alaphilippe keeps France celebrating with Tour stage win Read more