Volunteer but in difficulty of Cannes – when it is not racing facts and in particular a bad fall that had the right of his offensive desires – Julian Alaphilippe did not frankly shone on The Grande Boucle This year.
Only 56e In the general ranking of the Tour de France 2025, the double world champion did not have the quarter of an hour of glory expected despite a fighting spirit displayed until the end – including in the streets of Paris. So he was impatiently awaiting a clasica San Sebastian which he particularly likes at the weekend.
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Yes, but here it is, the tricolor spearhead of Team Tudor contracted a virus on the final of the Tour. A respiratory infection diagnosed at the end of the large loop which forces him to give up this sunny parenthesis in the Basque Country. Like a Kévin Vauquelin forfeit for the Lisieux Critérium after a domestic accident.
A loud consequences
“” After finishing the Tour de France, Julian began to feel symptoms of infection of the upper respiratory tractexplains in a press release the Swiss training. In coordination with our medical department, it was decided that Julian will not run the classic San Sebastian this Saturday, but will rather focus on his recovery. “”
Second in this Spanish trip last year, Julian Alaphilippe had triumphed there in 2018 and had big points to defend in this 2025 edition to try to best preserve his place in the world top 50. His package of the day unfortunately condemning this ambition.
