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‘I don’t consider myself a favourite’ – Julian Alaphilippe carries home hopes in Paris Olympics road race

'I don’t consider myself a favourite' – Julian Alaphilippe carries home hopes in Paris Olympics road race


Julian Alaphilippe followed a different path to the Paris 2024 Olympics to the other favourites for the men’s road race, but the Frenchman struck a confident note when he met the press on Thursday.

While Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert spent July in action at the Tour de France, Alaphilippe built towards his home Olympics with stage victories at the Tour of Slovakia and the Czech Tour.

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