The verdict was passed this Monday afternoon, the day after the French cycling championship in which he participated. Julian Alafilip will not participate in the 109the: The Tour de France, which kicks off on Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark. So the Quick Step formation will be led by Fabio Jacobsen, without the symbolic French punch, who still considers himself out of shape to participate in the Grande Boucle.
A race against time to recover
Alafilip suffered a severe fall two months ago in Liege-Baston-Liege. With hemopneumothorax, multiple fractures of the ribs and shoulder blade, the two-time world champion started a race against the clock, which was to be restored before the big match of the year.
Still out of competition
The French championship, which he played on Sunday, which he finished in the peloton, was his great return to competition. His performance was quite reassuring on the 240 km route around Cholet. Alafilip even did a remarkable job, allowing his teammate Florian Senechal to be crowned. «I really came to see where I was, to make an effort. I can not say that I had a lot of fun, but I was better than I thought, so I’m happy“At the end of the day, without much fuss, he took out the thirty now.
Alafilip preferred to play the precautionary card rather than travel in the course of 2022, his 3346.5km per day on a single race. The choice of reasons that will allow the best French runner to prepare well for the end of the season, but which will inevitably leave the public a little orphaned on the roadsides, in Denmark, but especially in France.
Source: Le Figaro
