Alaphilippe conquers Imola and wins World Cup gold

The 28-year-old Frenchman, who started the race as one of the favorites, prevailed on Sunday after 258,2 kilometers ahead of Wout van Aert from Belgium and the Swiss Marc Hirschi.

On the total of 9 laps around the “Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari” in Imola, the drivers had to overcome around 5000 meters of altitude and 18 short, steep climbs.

Spectators along the route got their money's worth. © APA/afp / MARCO BERTORELLO

Alaphilippe had pulled away on the last climb just before the summit with around 12 kilometers to go and ultimately won with a lead of 24 seconds. Behind the Frenchman there was an exciting finish sprint between 5 riders. Van Aert took silver, bronze went to the Swiss Hirschi. The Pole Michal Kwiatkowski narrowly missed out on a medal in 4th place, 5th place went to the Dane Jakob Fuglsang, 6th place went to the Slovenian Pimoz Roglic. Damiano Caruso ended up in 10th place as the best “Azzurro”.

In the last week of the tour, Alaphilippe seemed to be running out of steam - possibly a smart move, as he now won the first French world title since Laurent Borochard in 1997 and succeeded the Dane Mads Pedersen. Among others, Pedersen and three-time world champion Peter Sagan from Slovakia were not at the start this time.

Before the race, Alexej Lutsenko tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Alaphilippe conquers Imola and wins World Cup gold

Professional cyclist Julian Alaphilippe has won the World Championship road race in Imola.

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