Julian Alaphilippe 'already thinking about Tour de France', after injury hits Ardennes ambitions

Julian Alaphilippe is already thinking about the Tour de France
Julian Alaphilippe is already thinking about the Tour de France (Image credit: DAVID PINTENS Belga via AFP Photo/ Getty Images)

Julian Alaphilippe has acknowledged that his spring Classics campaign is effectively a write-off this year, saying that he is "already thinking about the Tour de France". 

Alaphilippe struggled to be competitive in March and then injured his knee in a crash at the Tour of Flanders. That has forced him out of this Sunday's Amstel Gold Race and next Wednesday's La Flèche Wallonne, and possibly also next Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Patrick Fletcher

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