how did they meet?

The kick-off of the Tour de France 2024 was given on Saturday, June 29 in Italy, and the first stage was won by a Frenchman. The yellow jersey goes to Romain Bardethe will have to defend it today during a particularly difficult second stage, between Cesenatico and Bologna. The cyclist Marion Rousse who was poached by France Televisions to comment on the broadcast of the Tour alongside Alexandre Pasteur and Laurent Jalabert. She has already made it known that this 111th edition, the final of which will be played for the very first time in Nice following the organization of the Paris Olympic Games this summer, would be very complicated for the participants.

In an interview with Leisure TV and published on June 29, Marion Rousse even speaks of a Tour de France “atypical and different”. “There is a passage through the Alps from the fourth stage, before returning there in the third week, but also an unusual finale, on a time trial in Nice. This year, there are dangerous stages every two or three days. The first two days in Italy will also be tough.”she said, probably keeping in mind that her companion, the world road cycling champion Julian Alaphilippe, had also won a stage similar to the one taking place today in Italy. That was in 2020.

The two cyclists have been a couple for four years

The two have been together since that year. In 2021, they announced that they were expecting their first child on social media, as many celebrities do very regularly, like Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey Bieber no later than this spring. It was precisely on June 14 that they then confirmed the birth of a little boy named Nino. The two cycling enthusiasts spoke about their meeting on the set of Looking forward to Sunday in October 2023, allowing themselves to make a few confidences in this regard, whereas they had been rather discreet until then. “We have known each other for many years because we were in the French team together but when we were 17 or 18 years old“then suggested Marion Rousse, now 32 years old, while suggesting that she was 28 in 2020. “We met, we saw each other regularly”she then added.

We also remember that their relationship had indirectly sparked controversy. On September 5, 2020, Marion Rousse had indeed been the subject ofa caricature with Julian Alaphilippeboth appearing in bed in the columns of HumanityThe couple expressed their anger and the newspaper quickly apologized, withdrew the caricature and ended its collaboration with the cartoonist and author of the caricature, Espé.

Julian Alaphilippe absent from the 2024 Tour de France

Marion Rousse and Julian Alaphilippe are part of these celebrity couples who are united by a passion, shared or not, and which is at the origin of their fame. This is also the case of the singer Nolwenn Leroy and the tennis player Arnaud Clément, united for several years, or even of the ex-Spice Girls Victoria Beckham who married the footballer David Beckham. Jessica Biel shares the life of Justin Timberlake and Orlando Bloom that of Katy Perry, and we learned this week that Marc Lavoine and Adriana Karembeu have been dating for a short time.

Julian Alaphilippe is absent from the Tour de France this year. The cyclist took part in the start of the Tour of Slovakia earlier this week, and he prefers to focus on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, scheduled to kick off on July 26, with an opening ceremony arousing all the curiosities. Indeed, while Cerrone’s name has already been made official to ensure the show, that of Daphné Burki is confirmed for the choice of costumes for all participants. Rumors also mention the presence of Céline Dion and the name of Aya Nakamura, who met the President of the Republic last winter, is still on everyone’s lips.

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