The double world champion raised his arms to Carcassonne, believing that he had paid the escape to the sprint after having caught up with it along the way, Sunday July 20 on the 15th stage of the 112nd edition, part of Muret. But Wellens and Campenaerts had ahead of it …
Tap Vlasov, Laurance and especially Van Aert after such a crazy step, it is celebrated! Julian Alaphilippe, the doctor (during his fall to Auterive, as Roglic in the past, he himself put his shoulder in place!) Give his place to “loulou” the sprinter, but the Renaissance was painful.
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The double world champion had forgotten to check the lead group, he did not know that Tim Wellens and his former partner of the Wolfpack Victor Campenaerts had set sail before his return. A radio problem prevented her from having the info and as the runners do not have the leisure, in action, to watch the race on TV
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“The radio no longer worked”
After his blunder, his reaction was clear. “Unfortunately, the radio no longer walked after my fall, so like an idiot, I did the sprint to try to win.” He won the sprint, but not the stage.
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Let him console himself, he is not the first to whom it happens, and probably not the last. We remember the poor Alain Patriti, a modest runner of Jobo who had so well celebrated his success in Pau in 1978. For the first time, he had just beat Raas, Villemiane and Maertens, but Henk Lubberdy had passed for thirty seconds.
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Closer to us, three years ago, Philipsen in Boulogne, while Van Aert (still in the vicinity) had established itself alone. The first yellow jersey of the 2025 Tour had consoled itself in … Carcassonne. We could also quote “Poupou” who had mistaken a lap in Monaco, letting Anquetil recover a minute of bonus!
