Terrible images were unveiled this Wednesday, August 31 concerning Julian Alaphilippe! During the 11th stage of the Vuelta 2022 between Alhama de Murcia and Nijar in Andalusia, the French double world champion slipped in a bend while he was in the peloton 64 kilometers from the finish. Following this fall, the companion of Marion Rousse was forced to give up. Hit in the right collarbone and taken care of by the medical service, he was taken on a stretcher to the nearest hospital.
Caída de Julian Alaphilippe El campeón del mundo se ve obligado a abandonar la ronda española Sigue la #LaVuelta22 in @Eurosport_ESpic.twitter.com/clWzDbzNXk
— Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) August 31, 2022
Last April, the Quick-Step rider suffered a serious fall during Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Suffering from two broken ribs, a fractured shoulder blade and haemopneumothorax, he did not return to competition until two months later. Not present on the Tour de France, he then contracted the Covid during the Tour de Wallonie, at the end of July. Julian Alaphilippe must defend his world title on September 25 in Wollongong (Australia). This injury could force him to miss this next world championship in Australia… The young man revealed that he felt “a bit tired” before preparing for this Tour of Spain. “When I see since the start of the season, the shitty feelings I’ve had, now I’m happy to be able to do a good job in the Vuelta. It’s getting better and better”he dropped on Sunday August 28 after the 9th stage.
Remco Evenepoel, leader of the race, returned to the abandonment of his teammate: “It’s certainly not a good day as we hoped. Losing Julian Alaphilippe is a big loss. It’s a shame”did he declare. “I hope he’s fine and that he’s not in too much pain. Julian did very good things in a lot of stages and it’s a shame that we lost the world champion because he was really in good shape but I think we’re not the only team losing guys.”
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Adam Javal-Fauconnier