Julian Alaphilippe`s victory on stage 1 of the Tour of Slovakia on Thursday was the Frenchman`s 11th win of the season, and his Quick-Step Floors team`s 63rd victory this year. Alaphilippe beat Ben Hermans - who usually rides for the Israel Cycling Academy, but is part of a Belgium national team at this race - and Pannon`s Attila Valter to take the stage, and now leads the five-day race by 11 seconds from CCC`s Jan Tratnik. `It poured with attacks in the closing kilometre, but I marked every single one of them, and, as I still had plenty left in the tank, I kicked out with the finish line in sight,` said Alaphilippe.ADVERTISEMENT `The yellow jersey came as a bonus - a beautiful one - and I would like to keep it until the end, but we must first see what Friday`s stage brings.` The victory came the day after Alaphilippe`s teammate Bob Jungels had won the prologue time trial, taking the team`s 62nd win in 2018, which was also a new record for the Belgian team, beating their previous 2014 record of 61 wins. If you`ve ever wanted to know what it feels like to be part of a top-level cycling team, and to be on the ground, inside the barriers, at the Tour de France, then RUNNING WITH WOLVES will take you there. It is available to rent for $3.99 USD or buy for $6.99 USD. `Close but no cigar` for Bystrøm at Vuelta Van Goethem joins Lotto Soudal from Roompot Vital Concept name new co-sponsor - Vital Concept Cycling Club (@VitalConcept_CC) September 12, 2018
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