Julian Alaphilippe's breakout 2015 season, which included two runner-up finishes in the Ardennes Classics, came to a disappointing conclusion when the 23-year-old Frenchman picked up a case of mononucleosis toward the end of the year. Although he's training again after a two-and-a-half month hiatus, just where he'll start his 2016 campaign is still undecided.
Alaphilippe jumped into the headlines last year when he stormed into the Ardennes Classics, where he finished seventh at the Amstel Gold race while working for Etixx-QuickStep teammate and race winner Michal Kwiatkowski. He followed that with two second-place finishes to Alejandro Valevere (Movistar) in Fleche-Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
From there he grabbed two podium finishes at Tour de Romandie before abandoning that race, then carried his good form into the Tour of California, where he won the stage to Mt. Baldy and eventually finished second to Peter Sagan by three seconds. His results began to suffer after that, however, and his season ended with a DNF at the World Championships.
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Alaphilippe is back on the bike now and has been riding with his team at a recent training camp, where Cyclingnews caught up with him for an interview.
Cyclingnews: How has the training camp been going for you?
Julian Alaphilippe: The training camp has been OK. It is good for me and also for the team. I can train a little bit more than the first training camp, because my mononucleosis is better and better. But it's not really finished, so I take it step by step and I want to take my time.
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