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'I was never dead' – Julian Alaphilippe rediscovers old sparkle in dramatic Giro d'Italia win

Julian Alaphilippe Mirco Maestri Giro Patrick Lefevere Loulou Luke Lamperti SoudalQuickStep Italy
FANO ITALY MAY 16 LR Stage winner Julian Alaphilippe of France and Team Soudal QuickStep celebrates the victory with Mirco Maestri of Italy and Team Polti Kometa after the 107th Giro dItalia 2024 Stage 12 a 193km stage from Martinsicuro to Fano UCIWT on May 16 2024 in Fano Italy Photo by Marco Alpozzi PoolGetty Images.

Beyond the finish line on Fano’s Via Gramsci, a platoon of Soudal-QuickStep riders had begun to assemble, giddily waiting to catch a glimpse of their leader Julian Alaphilippe, who had been whisked off into a nearby camper van to change ahead of the podium ceremony.

Alaphilippe’s remarkable victory on stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia came after a breakaway of more than 120km, largely in the company of Mirco Maestri (Polti-Kometa), but then alone for the critical final 10km from the Monte Giove to the finish.

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