How far can Alaphilippe go in the Tour de France lead?

Julian Alaphilippe in yellow

Julian Alaphilippe in yellow (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Stage 5 of the Tour de France was a case of another day down and another in the yellow jersey for Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep). After wearing the maillot jaune from Reims in the north to Colmar at the German border, two days in yellow makes him now the second-longest tenured Frenchman in the jersey since 2001.

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