(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

(FILES) France's Julian Alaphilippe, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey rides during the thirteenth stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, a 27,2-kilometer individual time-trial in Pau, on July 19, 2019. 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) France's Julian Alaphilippe cries on the podium after winning the Men's Elite Road Race, a 258.2-kilometer route around Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on September 27, 2020 as part of the UCI 2020 Road World Championships. 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) France's Julian Alaphilippe celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the Men's Elite Road Race, a 258.2-kilometer route around Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on September 27, 2020 as part of the UCI 2020 Road World Championships. 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) France's Julian Alaphilippe celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the one-day classic cycling race Milan - San Remo on March 23, 2019. 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 rider Julian Alaphilippe celebrates his overall leader's yellow jersey on the podium of the third stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Binche and Epernay, in Epernay on July 8, 2019. 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 Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP via Getty Images)