At the very admission of his partner, Julian Alaphilippe still bears the consequences of his violent fall on Liège-Bastogne-Liège in the spring of 2022.
Julian Alaphilippe was left for a huge fear on Sunday, on the occasion of the 15the stage of the Tour de France. From the first kilometers, the French runner has indeed found himself on the ground with the dislocated shoulder. The leader in the Tudor training then feared the worst.
“To be super honest, the 30 seconds that followed the fall, I thought it was over for me, I know the pain, it put me a morale”, he said later to the team. “I dislodged my shoulder, I immediately felt that it was going to be complicated. I did both shoulders so I know the pain. It made a big clack and it came back in order ”,
He had explained earlier to France 2. This time, helped by the tour doctor, the double world champion was able to recover his shoulder without going through the hospital box.
More fear than harm, therefore, for the native of Saint-Amand-Montrond, who was even able to take the right breakaway and finish in third place in the stage by believing to have won. Julian Alaphilippe did not always be so lucky and the falls earned him many passages to the hospital during his career.
Julian Alaphilippe, the terrible fall
The fall of which he was the victim in the spring of 2022 on Liège-Bastogne-Liège is obviously the best illustration. At the comments for France Télévisions, Marion Rousse, his partner, even feared the worst for him. In the end, Julian Alaphilippe ultimately suffered ‘from two broken coasts, a fracture of the scapula and a hemopneumothorax but this fall changed his career, according to the star consultant of France TV.
“I really admire because he took big bowls that we may very often have minimized. I am daily with him and I see that the fall of Liège, it impacted him physically but also mentally ”, She said to West France, adding: “People quickly move on. They have the impression that they are machines but except that not. There are consequences that remain. »» The results of Julian Alaphilippe since this fall prove it elsewhere.
