47 Facts About Julian Alaphilippe

Julian Alaphilippe is the brother of racing cyclist Bryan Alaphilippe.

Julian Alaphilippe won the final stage and the points classification of the Tour de l'Avenir, the Grand Prix Sudkarnten, and a stage at the Thuringen Rundfahrt der U23.

In doing so, Julian Alaphilippe recorded the best French performance at the race since Laurent Jalabert's runner-up finish in 1998.

Julian Alaphilippe subsequently finished tenth overall in the Eneco Tour, which included a stage that used many of the Ardennes classics roads.

Later in April, Julian Alaphilippe again placed second at La Fleche Wallonne, as he did in 2015.

Julian Alaphilippe then earned his biggest victory at the time, at the Tour of California, when he won a stage atop Gibraltar Road and the overall.

Julian Alaphilippe was then selected to represent his nation at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, competing in the road race and the road time trial.

Julian Alaphilippe eventually finished the road race in fourth position, 22 seconds behind the winner Van Avermaet.

Julian Alaphilippe finished in 32nd position in the road time trial.

Julian Alaphilippe started his 2017 spring preparation at the Abu Dhabi Tour, where he finished fifth overall and won the best young rider classification.

Julian Alaphilippe kept his race lead over the next three days, before finishing fifth overall, and won the young rider and points classifications.

Julian Alaphilippe's season was then hampered by a lengthy injury sustained at the Tour of the Basque Country.

Also in August, Julian Alaphilippe signed a two-year contract extension with his team Quick-Step Floors, keeping him through the 2019 season.

One month later, Julian Alaphilippe concluded his season at the Tour of Guangxi by taking fourth overall and the young rider classification.

Julian Alaphilippe started his season at the inaugural Colombia Oro y Paz and won the uphill finish to Alto Boqueron, before finishing seventh overall and as the only non-South American rider in the top 10.

Julian Alaphilippe then returned at the Abu Dhabi Tour and went one place better than in the previous year, taking fourth place overall after a podium finish on the final stage of the race.

Julian Alaphilippe participated in his second Tour de France after a successful Criterium du Dauphine, where he won the stage to Lans-en-Vercors, and claimed his maiden Tour de France stage win in stage 10 with a series of attacks and aggressive descending in the Alps.

Julian Alaphilippe took the lead in the mountains classification at the end of Stage 10.

Julian Alaphilippe won the 16th stage of the race after Adam Yates crashed while leading, on the descent 7 kilometres before the finishing line.

Julian Alaphilippe maintained his mountains classification lead throughout the second half of the race, finishing 79 points ahead of his closest rival.

Julian Alaphilippe then won the third stage and the general classification of the Tour of Britain, after taking the overall lead on the sixth stage of the week long competition.

Julian Alaphilippe continued to have success in stage races, as he became the first Frenchman to win the Okolo Slovenska less than a week later.

Julian Alaphilippe started the 2019 season in January with the Vuelta a San Juan and the Tour Colombia.

Julian Alaphilippe then won the points classification and one stage at the Tour Colombia, from a small group.

Julian Alaphilippe then won stage 13, the individual time trial in Pau, by beating Geraint Thomas by 14 seconds on the day that celebrated 100 years since the yellow jersey was created.

Julian Alaphilippe kept the overall lead until stage 19 after being dropped on the Col de l'Iseran.

Julian Alaphilippe ultimately finished the race fifth overall; with his two stage wins, and fourteen days in yellow, he was designated as the most combative rider of the race.

At the postponed Tour de France, Julian Alaphilippe won stage 2 in Nice with a powerful sprint from a three-man group that went clear over the final climb of the day, taking the overall lead at the same time.

Julian Alaphilippe held the yellow jersey until stage 5, when he received a 20-second time penalty for taking a bidon inside the final 20 kilometres.

On stage 17, to Meribel, Julian Alaphilippe received the combativity award.

At the UCI Road World Championships in Imola, Italy, Julian Alaphilippe attacked on the final climb with just over 13 kilometres to go, to take the victory in the road race, a first for a French elite male since 1997.

Julian Alaphilippe contested the five-man sprint and, believing he had won, celebrated as he crossed the line.

Julian Alaphilippe was later relegated to 5th place for impeding Marc Hirschi during the sprint.

Julian Alaphilippe was in the leading group of three riders which had made the decisive winning move, when he crashed into a race motorbike with 35 kilometres to go and abandoned the race after receiving roadside medical attention.

Julian Alaphilippe started his season by finishing second overall at the Tour de la Provence, before making his debut in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

Julian Alaphilippe was then in the mix in Amstel Gold Race, finishing sixth for his fifth consecutive top 10 at the race.

Julian Alaphilippe was part of a five-man group who went clear on the final ascent of the day and managed to hold off the chasers, but was pipped on the line by Tadej Pogacar in the sprint for his second second-place finish at the race.

Julian Alaphilippe won the first stage of the Tour de France, attacking on the final climb of the stage, the Cote de la Fosse aux Loups.

Julian Alaphilippe lost the yellow jersey the following day, but assumed the green jersey of points classification leader for two further stages.

Julian Alaphilippe became the sixth rider to have worn the yellow, green, polka dot and white jerseys at the Tour de France during their career.

Julian Alaphilippe returned to the World Championships as an outside favourite to defend his title in the road race.

Julian Alaphilippe made his first move with 58 kilometres to go, attacking on the Flandrien circuit, and bridging with the favourites up to the remaining breakaway riders.

Julian Alaphilippe attacked thrice more on the Leuven city circuit, further fracturing the dwindling group of favourites that included van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel and Sonny Colbrelli.

Finally with 17 kilometres remaining, Julian Alaphilippe made his fifth attack, on the Sint Antoniusberg climb, resulting in him moving clear of the leaders on the cobbled climb and soloed to victory.

Julian Alaphilippe became the first French male rider to win multiple world road race titles, and the first rider to win in successive years since Peter Sagan won in 2015,2016, and 2017.

Julian Alaphilippe's father was musician Jo Alaphilippe, who died in June 2020 after a long illness.

In January 2021 Julian Alaphilippe announced via social media that the couple were expecting a child.