Julian Alaphilippe: I'm motivated for a Tour of Flanders return

Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep)
Alaphilippe is currently training in Spain with his Deceuninck-QuickStep teammates (Image credit: Deceuninck – Quick-Step Cycling Team)

World champion Julian Alaphilippe has said that he's looking forward to making a return at the Tour of Flanders this spring, six months after crashing out of the elite lead group at the race last October.

The crash, which happened after the Frenchman rode unsighted into a race moto, in the finale of his debut at the race left the Deceuninck-QuickStep leader with a double fracture in his right hand, but the experience hasn't put him off the race.

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