The organization of the Tour de France recorded a very bad news with the package of a tricolor head.
While Julian Alaphilippe’s package for the French championships fell this Wednesday, he is another figure in tricolor cycling which will not be the meeting place for the race in the Herbiers, this Sunday in Vendée. A runner who unfortunately will also miss The Tour de FranceFrom July 5 to 27.
Victim of a bad fall during the first stage of the Tour of Switzerland last week, the Puncher Manchois Benoît Cosnefroy suffers from a contusion which pushes him to throw in the towel for these two essential events of his calendar. The Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team has formalized the news that day.
“” Following his fall in the Tour of Switzerland, Benoît Cosnefroy underwent a bruise in the knee. Unfortunately, he will not be restored in time to compete in the French championships and the Tour de France. The date of his return to competition will be communicated later », Can we read in the French training press release.
Another failed Tour de France
The 29 -year -old runner was happy to reconnect with a large loop, the last edition of which he had missed after a knee operation – especially since the caravan on the way by the Department of the Channel this year for the first time since 2016.
Beyond the Tour de France, this is a hard blow for the French championships, already deprived of many headliners like Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor), Lenny Martinez (Bahrain-Victorious), Pavel Sivakov (UAE-XRG), Clément Champoussin (XDS-Astana), Valentin Paretre (Sudal-Quick) Laporte and Axel Zingle (Visma-Lease A Bike).
