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Shocking moment at the Tour of Flanders: World champion Julian Alaphilippe overlooks a motorcycle and falls ill. The Frenchman broke his hand twice.
Road bike world champion Julian Alaphilippe broke two metacarpal bones in a serious crash at the Tour of Flanders. This was announced by his Deceuninck-Quick Step team on Sunday night. The cobblestone race, which was ultimately won by Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, was the last outing of the season for the 28-year-old Frenchman anyway. Alaphilippe will be operated on Monday.
The classic stuntman had made an oversight and got on an escort motorcycle. At the time, Alaphilippe was a member of a superior three-man group with van der Poel and the Belgian Wout van Aert.
The rainbow jersey he received at Imola at the end of September for his World Cup victory has not brought Alaphilippe much luck so far. Just two weeks ago he had carelessly wasted a victory on the home straight at Liege-Bastoña-Liege, which he believed to be safe, and then was relegated to the rear for an unfair maneuver.
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