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This Sunday, July 20, while the cyclists of the Tour de France 2025 participated in the 15th stage, the 33 -year -old sportsman shouted victory too quickly. He then explained to it with Laurent Luyat.
Disillusionment for Julian Alaphilippe This Sunday, July 20 on the Tour de France. While the 184 runners played the 15th stage of the legendary race, the double world champion on the road lived a day full of twists and turns.
After 17 kilometers, the 33 -year -old sportsman was the victim of a serious fall. “” The emotional roller coaster started at the fall, because I felt good from the first kilometers, and unfortunately, when I felt that the shoulder was dislodged, it put me a move. I thought it was the end of the Tour for me“Said the cyclist after the race, interviewed by Luid Luuy Region In “Vélo Club” on France Télévisions.
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Following which, the runner’s radio found himself out of walking, preventing the sportsman’s team from informing him of his rank in the race. “” A beautiful step with Michael Storer in the breakaway was the objective of the team. Unfortunately, my radio was no longer walking after the fall, so I was trying to make the best sprint possible, trying to think about the stage victory. Like an idiot, I raised my hands but there were guys in front. It could have ended better but I could have returned home too so it suits me“, Then explained Julian Alaphilippe to the presenter.
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The companion of Marion Rousse did not deserve it, however, arrived third on this stage. Laurent Luyat, who animates “bike club” alongside Yoann Offdo, former runner of the Tour de France, did not praise the cyclist, even describing him as “most popular French runner“, Completed by the public ovationing Julian Alaphilippe.
The cycling runner has nevertheless been able to rejoice: he is the first Frenchman to find himself on the podium since the start of the Tour. Arrived in Carcassonne this Sunday, the Belgians were in the spotlight. In first and second positions, two representatives of Belgium: Tim Wellens, then Victor Campenaerts.
A double that intervenes the day before the Belgian national holiday, as a gift to the population that commemorates this Monday, July 21, the oath of King Leopold 1, to remain faithful to the Constitution.
