US EditionRider Mistakenly Celebrates Tour De France Stage Win After Dislocating Shoulder
AUDE, OCCITANIE, JUL 20 – Julian Alaphilippe dislocated his shoulder but continued racing and mistakenly celebrated third place after sprinting, unaware Tim Wellens had already won the stage, officials confirmed.
- On Sunday, Tour de France stage 15 between Muret and Carcassonne saw Julian Alaphilippe sprint across the finish line, celebrating prematurely.
- Following the crash that knocked out his radio, Alaphilippe couldn’t hear updates and wrongly assumed he was contesting the stage win.
- In the chasing sprint for third, Julian Alaphilippe popped his shoulder back into its socket without assistance, then sprinted into third place nine seconds behind Victor Campenaerts.
- With his first Tour stage win still elusive, Alaphilippe ended the stage with his arm in a sling and, undeterred, vowed ‘Of course, I'm going to go again’ as he pursues victory since 2021.
- A rest day on Monday in Montpellier offers recovery time, with French riders still without a stage win this year and Alaphilippe planning to use the break to keep pursuing victory.
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Julian Alaphilippe Loses, Celebrates, And Learns To Smile About It
CARCASSONNE, France — It is hard to know what is going on in the Tour de France, even if your job is to work on the Tour de France. The end of every stage includes a familiar ritual, with team employees and journalists gathering around phones and tablets, squinting into the harsh sunlight to try and figure out what the hell is happening. The team cars on the road are listening to race radio—which, as I learned yesterday, can be imprecise—or watc…
Julian Alaphilippe was one of the main protagonists of Sunday’s Tour de France, played between the towns of Muret and Carcassonne . The Frenchman finished third after overcoming a rugged fifteenth stage for him, with a fall at the beginning of the tour and a bruised shoulder, and caught many glances in the finish line. However, for his misfortune it was not for his example of struggle and resistance but for his unexpected celebration.
The French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe starred in a wild celebration at his arrival the goal of the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France, played this Sunday between Muret and Carcassonne. The gallo, not knowing that the race already had winner and second place, accelerated in the final meters and celebrated his arrival to the final line as if it were an epic victory. Read also... The legendary Manny Pacquiao returned to the ring at age 46: he ru…
Julian Alaphilippe celebrates the victory, although Tim Wellens and Victor Campenaerts had already reached the finish at the Tour de France before him.
He crashed, dislocated his shoulder and managed to get the body part back into place himself. Then former world champion Julian Alaphilippe celebrated winning the stage in To
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