(FILES) Tudor Pro Cycling Team's French rider Julian Alaphilippe cycles past the Sacre-Coeur basilica during the 21st stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 88,7 km starting and finishing in Paris, on July 26, 2026. French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, a two-time world champion and winner of MilanSanremo, is set to retire at the age of 34, according to reports on August 20, 2026 evening, including in the sports daily newspaper L'Equipe. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - US First Lady Melania Trump walks out between the columns of the colonnade as she arrives to host an event with IndyCar and FOX Sports to expand academic opportunities for individuals transitioning from foster care, in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, DC, on August 20, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Team Soudal-Quick Step's French rider Julian Alaphilippe celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 12th stage of the 107th Giro d'Italia cycling race, 193km between Martinsicuro and Fano, on May 16, 2024. French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, a two-time world champion and winner of MilanSanremo, is set to retire at the age of 34, according to reports on August 20, 2026 evening, including in the sports daily newspaper L'Equipe. (Photo by Luca Bettini / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Gold medallist France's Julian Alaphilippe, wearing his World champion's rainbow jersey, celebrates on the podium after winning the men's elite cycling road race, 268,3km from Antwerp to Leuven, on the eighth day of the Flanders 2021 UCI Road World Championships, on September 26, 2021, in Leuven. French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, a two-time world champion and winner of MilanSanremo, is set to retire at the age of 34, according to reports on August 20, 2026 evening, including in the sports daily newspaper L'Equipe. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Gold medallist France's Julian Alaphilippe, wearing his World champion's rainbow jersey, celebrates on the podium after winning the men's elite cycling road race, 268,3km from Antwerp to Leuven, on the eighth day of the Flanders 2021 UCI Road World Championships, on September 26, 2021, in Leuven. French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, a two-time world champion and winner of MilanSanremo, is set to retire at the age of 34, according to reports on August 20, 2026 evening, including in the sports daily newspaper L'Equipe. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of file pictures made on September 26, 2021, shows, France's Julian Alaphilippe crossing the finish line to win the men's elite cycling road races of, at left, the 2020 UCI Road World Championships on September 27, 2020, Imola, Italy, and, at right, the 2021 UCI Road World Championships on September 26, 2021, in Leuven, Belgium. French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, a two-time world champion and winner of MilanSanremo, is set to retire at the age of 34, according to reports on August 20, 2026 evening, including in the sports daily newspaper L'Equipe. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO and Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) France's Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck - Quick Step) crosses the finish line to win the one-day classic cycling race Strade Bianche (White Roads) on March 9, 2019 in Siena, Tuscany. French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, a two-time world champion and winner of MilanSanremo, is set to retire at the age of 34, according to reports on August 20, 2026 evening, including in the sports daily newspaper L'Equipe. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) French Julian Alaphilippe of Quick-Step Floors races to the finish line to win the 82nd edition of the men's race of 'La Fleche Wallonne', a one day cycling race that covers 198.5 kilometres from Seraing to Huy on April 18, 2018. French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, a two-time world champion and winner of MilanSanremo, is set to retire at the age of 34, according to reports on August 20, 2026 evening, including in the sports daily newspaper L'Equipe. (Photo by YORICK JANSENS / BELGA / AFP via Getty Images) / Belgium OUT