Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal–Quick-Step) has opened up to Eurosport about his “dream” of winning the Tour of Flanders as he declared this weekend’s Strade Bianche his “favourite race”. The French puncheur is hoping to bounce back this season after seeing his 2022 derailed by a horror crash at Liege-Bastogne-Liege last April, which left him with a collapsed lung, fractured shoulder blade and two broken ribs. Ad He opened his Classics campaign with victory at Faun-Ardeche last week, with his first major outing arriving on Saturday on the famous white roads of Tuscany at Strade Bianche, where he won the title in 2019.