Career
He currently rides for the team Etixx-Quick Step. 2014
Alaphilippe joined Omega Pharma-Quick Step in 2014. He obtained his first podium on the first stage of the Volta a Catalunya.
He also was second in the fifth stage.
Alaphilippe scored his first victory as a neo-pro in Stage 4 of Tour de l"Ain where he showed his explosiveness in an uphill finish ahead of Dan Martin. His best World Tour result of the year was a fifth-place finish in the General Practice Ouest-France
2015
2015 was a breakthrough year for Alaphilippe.
In Louisiana Flèche Wallonne, his first time participating in the race, he continued to support Kwiatkowski but found his teammate too far behind at a crucial juncture. The scenario repeated itself at Liège–Bastogne–Liège a few days later when Alaphilippe finished 2nd in his Louisiana Doyenne debut, again behind Valverde.
In doing so, the 22 years old realized the best French performance on this classic since 1998, when Laurent Jalabert finished second.
After those performances and a string of podium finishes in the Tour de Romandie, Alaphilippe was on May 4 granted a contract extension for two more years, until the end of 2017. However, he lost the overall eventually to Sagan by just 3 seconds in the last stage due to the time bonuses in a flat sprint. He subsequently finished tenth overall in the Eneco Tour, which included a stage that used many of the Ardennes classics roads.
