Quick-Step Floors’ Julian Alaphilippe has just convinced everyone about his great shape by grabbing his second consecutive win of this season’s Tour of Basque Country.
Fans saw Julian Alaphilippe sprint to victory on yesterday’s 166.7km second stage of the race, which begun in Zarautz and ended in Bermeo, sealing an impressive victory after winning the opening stage on Monday as well.
The Frenchman, while in the yellow jersey after the first win which made him the leader of the tour, had to fight for the second stage with Slovenian Primož Roglič ( LottoNL-Jumbo) and Spaniard Mikel Landa (Movistar), among others, by increasing his speed in the final climb of the route.
Alaphilippe is now enjoying an 8-second lead over Roglič, a 39-second lead over Izagirre and a 43-seocnd lead over Landa.
Results
Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors, in 4-11-47
Primož Roglič (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo
Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida
Mikel Landa (Esp) Movistar
Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe,
Eduard Prades (Esp) Euskadi-Murias
Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana
Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors
Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida
The Quick-Step Floors boys took it to the podium where they received a prize for leading the team classification at #itzulia. pic.twitter.com/qZThv9iJ6B
— Quick-Step Cycling (@quickstepteam) April 3, 2018
General classification so far
Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors, in 8-29-13
Primož Roglič (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo, at 8 secs
Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida, at 39 secs
Mikel Landa (Esp) Movistar, at 43 secs
Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana, at 54 secs
Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 58 secs
Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors, at 58 secs
Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 58 secs
Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 58 secs
Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale, at 58 secs
cyc
No breakaway at #itzulia after 30 kilometers. We have these two guys wearing a distinctive jersey today ? pic.twitter.com/YqBw17Cbkc
— Quick-Step Cycling (@quickstepteam) April 3, 2018
