Deceuninck – Quick-Step Floors Cycling Team (Belgium) - Press Release: The World Champion continued to write history, scoring Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 100th Grand Tour stage win.

He came, he showed panache, he conquered, he celebrated. Julian Alaphilippe couldn’t have dreamed of a better Tour de France start, as he surged to victory on the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups after a tremendous effort of his Wolfpack teammates, who protected him during the chaotic and nervous stage 1 from Brest to Landerneau before giving him the perfect launch pad to a fourth win in the rainbow jersey.

“This is such a special victory I can’t find my words to tell you how I feel. First and foremost, I want to say a big thank you to all my teammates for taking care of me today and showing an amazing team spirit. I was involved in that first big crash, but with their help I made it back. They believed in me, worked hard the entire day and I am happy I could repay them”, said an elated Julian after becoming the first Frenchman in two decades to win on stage 1.

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