Greig Leach

With the four guys chasing him over a half of a minute behind, Julian Alaphilippe (France) had plenty of time to celebrate winning his second consecutive UCI Road World Championship. The last to win two in a row was Peter Sagan (Slovakia) who managed three in a row from 2015-2017. Alaphilippe becomes only the fourth man to win two Rainbow Jerseys in a row in the 100 year history of the race. Others have won two jerseys, but not consecutively. I am hoping we will get to see Alaphilippe in the jersey next weekend in the fabled Paris-Roubaix. And yes, I will be painting both the women’s race and the men’s starting this Saturday. I suspect we will see newly minted rainbow stripes in both races.