France’s Julian Alaphilippe pulls out of Tokyo 2020 (Photo: AFP)
Julian Alaphilippe mentioned he would symbolize France within the World Championships and never in Tokyo Olympics.
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- Last Updated:May 14, 2021, 19:16 IST
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Cycling’s highway race world champion Julian Alaphilippe mentioned Friday he won’t participate within the Tokyo Olympic Games. Alaphilippe is scheduled to race the Tour de France which ends July 18, only a week earlier than the Olympic highway racers deal with the slopes of Mount Fuji.
“It’s a private resolution, one I rigorously thought out,” said Alaphilippe, whose partner is expecting the couple’s first child.
The Olympic route might better suit the strengths of French climb specialist Romain Bardet, while Allaphilippe’s Belgian team-mate at Deceuninck Quick Step Remco Evenepoel is also tipped to do well in Tokyo.
“I’ll be happy to wear the French colours at the world championships,” Alaphilippe mentioned of the occasion scheduled for Flanders in September.
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