(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)