That's his twelfth win of the season, including his second ITT win. The best TT riders in the world, like Dumoulin, Froome, Roglic, Dennis, Campenaerts, etc., are all missing, and the course clearly favoured punchier riders like Alaphilippe rather than big TT powerhouses like Thomas, Dowsett, Kung, etc.
That's his twelfth win of the season, including his second ITT win. The best TT riders in the world, like Dumoulin, Froome, Roglic, Dennis, Campenaerts, etc., are all missing, and the course clearly favoured punchier riders like Alaphilippe rather than big TT powerhouses like Thomas, Dowsett, Kung, etc.
That's how. And not a single exclamation mark.