Alaphilippe: I wasn't the strongest because I do not win
French leader contr✨adicts national coach after late attack falls shor꧑t at Worlds
New French national coach Cyril Guimard suggested that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Julian Alaphilippe and not Peter Sagan deserved to be the winner of the elite men's road race at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:UCI Road World Championships in Bergen because of the Frenchman's strong attack on𒅌 Salmon Hill and determination to continue his attack until being caught with a kilometre to go. But Alaphilippe himself would have n🌟one of it.
"He came here to attack and he did it. He deserved the win more than Sagan," argued Guimard. "He is disappointed but doe🌱sn't have any regrets."
Alaphilippe managed to finish 10th in the sprint won by Sagan even after his long attack. He was clearly one of the strongest riders in the ra🤡ce but he did not agree that he was the strongest or that he deserved a rainbow jersey.
"No, I wasn't the strongest. I tried to be the strongest but I wasn't the strongest because I do not win," Alaphilippe told French website Directvelo.
"I dropped everyone on the climb but the finish line wasn't at the top 🦄of the climb. I gave it a go and the legs were there but what can you do?"
The Italian team was critical of Alaphilippe's attack on the cobbles that distanced Gianni Moscon. The Italian managed to get back on after theꦉ descent but then refused to help Alaphilippe.
Guimard thought that the return of the Italian proved fatal. Again Alaphilippe did not agree with the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:veteran coach and for🐽mer directeur sportif to Hinault, Fignon and LeMond who was named as French national coach this summer.
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"I don't think Moscon coming back to me ended my chances, it truth it was difficult to avoid being caught by the🍬 peloton. One rider making it to the finish alone was always going to be difficult," Alaphilippe told Directvelo.
"It was a hard race, it wore you down but not so much as to get rid of the fast riders. All the sprinters had teammates and so they did what they could to help riders like Kristoff and Trentin. I did what I could. I've no regre♓ts. I'm just disappointed it didn't work out. We worked well as a team but the result does not reflect that."
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