Julian Alaphilippe. Follow Julian Hailing from Saint-Amand-Montrond, the town that in 2013 hosted one of the most beautiful stages in the history of the Tour de France, won by our team after a tactical masterpiece, Julian started riding at 13, choosing the bike over the drums, which he still plays.

Pictures © Page officielle du cycliste Julian Alaphilippe, coureur français pour Deceuninck - Quick-Step. 561.2k Followers, 234 Following, 434 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Julian Alaphilippe (@alafpolak) Julian's biography . It’s no wonder that at the end of the year he won the prestigious Velo d’Or, which rewards the best rider in the world.Join our newsletter to stay up to date on features and releases of news, products and much more!Or just keep up to date on our social media channels Like riding, music gives me an outlet for my energy”, Julian says.In 2019, he cemented his reputation as one of the best and most entertaining riders in the world, nabbing 12 victories across six different countries in the space of just seven months and making winning races look easy, as he contributed to Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s second consecutive triumph in the UCI World Team Classification.Milano-Sanremo, Strade Bianche, Flèche Wallonne, best climber of the Dauphiné, a brace of stages and 14 spectacular days in the iconic yellow jersey at the Tour de France – where he produced a majestic ride for the ages – were the highlights of Julian’s phenomenal campaign, who in addition to this, showed extraordinary mental power, guts and panache as he transcended sporting results. “My father was an orchestra conductor for many years, so maybe that’s why I love music and rhythm. Birthdate 11/06/1992 Nationality France Birth place St-Amand Montrond Weight 62 kg Height 173 cm Pro since 2014 Favorite race Ardennes Classics, Tour de France. Julian Alaphilippe has been crowned the rider of the year at the Velo d’Or 2019. Julian Alaphilippe.

Plus the early August done dealsAnnemiek van Vleuten rides third fastest final 25km of Strade Bianche 2020 for both men and women This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Egan Bernal shows his form with mountainous stage victory at La Route d’OccitanieWorldTour transfer rumours 2020: Richie Porte to Ineos? 3K likes. Julian Alaphilippe has been crowned the rider of the year at the Velo d’Or 2019.The Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider won Milan – San Remo, Flèche Wallonne and Strade Bianche in 2019, as well as winning two Tour de France stages and the combativity award after two weeks in yellow, having mounted a serious yet surprising challenge to the overall classification.The man who beat him to the Tour title, Egan Bernal (Ineos) finished second, while 2019 Vuelta a España winner Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) came third.In fourth was Mathieu van der Poel, with 2019 being his breakthrough season on the road as he took a breathtaking victory at the Amstel Gold Race, having also won Dwars door Vlaanderen and Brabantse Pijl before taking the overall title at the Tour of Britain in September.Annemiek van Vleuten came fifth, following a stunning Worlds road race victory in Yorkshire and a second Giro Rosa overall win, while Lìege-Bastogne-Liège and Critérium du Dauphiné victor Jakob Fuglsang was voted sixth.Alaphilippe also won the prize for best French rider of the year, beating Groupama-FDJ’s Thibaut Pinot, who took a memorable Tour de France victory on the Tourmalet this year before abandoning the race through injury, as Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Canyon-SRAM) came third.The 27-year-old is just the second Frenchman to win the Velo d’Or after Laurent Jalabert took the award ahead of Miguel Indurain in 1995.Alaphilippe finished third last year behind Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), who came first following his Worlds road race win in Innsbruck, beating 2018 Tour champion Geraint Thomas (Ineos).The award was created by French cycling magazine Vélo in 1992 and is given to the rider considered to have performed the best over the entire year.Alberto Contador holds the record of the most wins with four after Lance Armstrong was stripped of his five Velo d’Or awards, with Chris Froome having won three times in 2013, 2015 and 2017.The Frenchman won a number of Classics this year as well as lighting up the Tour de France © 2020 Deceuninck - Quick-Step Cycling team All rights reserved.