2024 - Julian Alaphilippe seriously injured: a relative gives his news, "He is conscious" but his condition worries

Still hospitalized since his fall on Sunday in Belgium, Julian Alaphilippe is healing his wounds. In the columns of Le Parisien, a relative gave his news. The cyclist is conscious but his state of health is worrying.

“He is better, he is conscious” assured a relative of Julian Alaphilippe in the columns of the Parisian. A few days after his fall in Belgium on Sunday April 24, 2022 during the Liège-Bastogne-Liège race, the cyclist is still hospitalized. If he heals his wounds, the seriously injured 29-year-old man would still have a hard time recovering. “It is the biggest fall of his career, the most serious he has known. He saw himself diving on the tree and confirms that he was completely plastered in it.” added his relative. As a reminder, it was while being caught in a collective fall that the world champion fell, finding himself below the road. Result : a pneumothorax, a fractured shoulder blade and two broken ribs.

According to a doctor present in the peloton, the type of lesions encountered by Julian Alaphilippe require on average “three weeks of consolidation and rest”. So, will the cyclist manage to get back in the saddle? “The scapula is not the most serious. In principle, it no longer hurts after three weeks. The most important thing is that the lung sticks well to the wall. When you suffer from a pneumothorax means air getting between the ribs and the lung. And the lung no longer fills properly. Either it reconsolidates on its own, or it requires drainage.” explained the doctor. For their part, Julian Alaphilippe and his staff hope to resume training in May.

Julian Alaphilippe seriously injured: his wife Marion Rousse silent

Note that since the hospitalization of Julian Alaphilippe, his wife Marion Rousse has not spoken publicly. At the time of her fall, she was the one commenting on the race. She then hastened to find out more about the state of health of her companion, giving the first news of the runner. But then the sports journalist decided to take her place and finish the comments of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Silent, she must since be at the bedside of the father of her little Nino.

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Julian Alaphilippe
He crashed in Belgium during the Liège-Bastogne-Liège race

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Julian Alaphilippe
The cyclist was caught in a collective fall

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Julian Alaphilippe
This is his biggest fall since his career

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Julian Alaphilippe
Result: the cyclist suffered a pneumothorax, two broken ribs and a broken shoulder blade, according to his first health report transmitted by his Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl team.