Julian Alaphilippe to race Giro d'Italia in 2024, will miss Tour de France

Julian Alaphilippe signs on for the 2023 Il Lombardia. The Frenchman will return to Italy for the Giro d'Italia in 2024
Julian Alaphilippe signs on for the 2023 Il Lombardia. The Frenchman will return to Italy for the Giro d'Italia in 2024 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Julian Alaphilippe has confirmed that he will be taking part in the Giro d’Italia this year, opting to make his debut in the Italian Grand Tour at 31 rather than race in the Tour de France.

The former double world champion will thus miss out on the much-anticipated debut of his teammate Remco Evenepoel in the Tour, which Alaphilippe has raced six times in the last eight years, and will instead lead the Soudal-QuickStep team in Italy in May.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.

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