“I was loved… and I adored”: Julian Alaphilippe revisits his Tour de France on the eve of the big departure

2023-07-01 02:10:22

As a child, he had never dreamed of the Tour: too far and too big for him. But from the first of his five participations, Julian Alaphilippe knew that the Grande Boucle was made for him. From this Saturday in Bilbao, the double world champion will be one of the most acclaimed on the roadside. He agreed to return to his most beautiful emotions of July where joys and tears followed one another for him.