Marion Rousse has been commentating for the Tour de France since 4 July. The former cyclist chose to leave France and settle in a small principality.
For three weeks, Marion Rousse has been commentating on the stages of the Tour de France. If the former cyclist values France, she has decided to go into exile with her family in an independent microstate located on the border. In fact, the young woman has been living with her partner Julian Alaphilippe and their son Nino in Andorra since 2020. She has a family home in La Massana, a town on the edge of a forest. The facility is located on the slope of a mountain, at an altitude of more than 1500 meters above sea level. It consists of a terrace, several levels and has impressive bay windows, which offer breathtaking views of nature, as well as “The Ordino and Arcalis passes, which have already been used in the Tour de France”also indicates Home Magazine.
A tranquil living environment surrounded by nature, ideal for raising your five year old son Nino. “My priority for Nino is that he has the same childhood as anyone else, so he can visit his mum or dad at the bike races or watch the Tour caravan go by if he wants.” she admitted this in 2024 in columns TV star. In Andorra, a little boy enjoys a life filled with walks or bike rides in the forest or mountains. ” He likes riding his bike too much for my taste. I think he started walking at 7 months and then started riding a balance bike at about 1 year.”she told the media Lou last summer.
Marion Rousse in a relationship with Julian Alaphilippe, the day she thought she had lost him
In 2021 in the graphs ParisianJulian Alaphilippe praised their daily life in Andorra: “First of all, this is a great place.” A professional cyclist said it was an ideal place to train: “I found peace there. And it’s a great playground. There’s a reason so many of us live there. There are a lot of passes there. I’ve achieved a lot in the mountains, and it’s very close to France, so it’s very practical.” However, despite extensive training, Julian Alaphilippe fell heavily during the 2022 Tour de France. “There, live, I saw him in a ditch, it seemed to me that my world was collapsing, and I saw how my life flew by. I was not on the air to find out some news. The team doctor was crying. Then I realized that he was alive, and I took the microphone again.”– Marion Rousse recalled in an interview with Le Parisien in 2023.