168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Julian Alaphilippe is set to make the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Flanders his main target this spring season and the Frenchman will kick off his build-up to the Belgian Mo🎃nument a🐬t the Classic Mallorca later this month.
Alaphilippe will start his road to the spring Classics at 🎉the race series, which consists of five races over five days held on the largest of th🦩e Balearic Islands to the east of Spain.
The Frenchman confirmed his season-start schedule at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Soudal-QuickStep's team presentation on Friday, with the Span🏅ish races set to be followed up by a trip to France in February for the Faun-Ardèche Classic and Faun Drôme Classic on February 25 and 26.
Alaph๊ilippe spoke at the Soudal-Quickstep launch this week, but was struck with flu on Thursday evening and only attended a portion of the team presentation, wearing a mask🐻 throughout.
"It's better to be safe, even more before𝐆 training camp next week," Alaphi🍷lippe said.
"I'm incredibly motivated fo🔯r this year after what has been a very diff♚icult 2022. I have a lot of grinta for this season," he added, referring to a season badly disrupted by illness and crash injuries.
"I took time to recover 🐷physically 🔴and mentally, then worked hard this winter to return to my top level for the goals that I have set. First and foremost, I hope to have a strong start to the season. I have a nice calendar and I hope to be up there in every race, help the team and get some wins.
"The cobbled Classics are my first big goal of the season.💯 We'll see what we can do in the Ardennes but I'm really excited to come backꦿ to the cobbled classics.
"My first major target will be the Ronde van Vlaanderen. It's a race that I love, and I hope to do well 🐲there."
Alaphilippe hasn't raced the Challenge Mallorca since 2014 and has only taken part in the Tour of Flanders twice, crashing out from the😼 lead group in 2020 and finishing 42nd in 2021.
His early season will take on a new look, then, with the former world champion set to race a packed spring schedule including the cobbled and Ardennes Classics before his major summer goal at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France.
Alaphilippe will also head to Italy this spring, tackling Strade Bianche and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Milan-San Remo, which he won in 2019, and T𝓡irreno-Adriatico, where he has ra😼cked up three stage wins between 2019 and 2021.
