It is a scene that particularly shocked the spectators last Sunday. About sixty kilometers from the finish, the double road cycling world champion Julian Alaphilippe falls victim to a high speed fall. In all, nearly a hundred runners will fall at more than 70 km per hour, but the 29-year-old Frenchman is among those with the most damage. Unable to continue the race, he was quickly taken care of and taken to the nearest hospital.
Today, more than two days after his admission to the hospital, the team of Marion Rousse’s companion has finally given news of his runner. “Julian has two broken ribs, a broken shoulder blade and a pneumothorax. The complexity of his condition means that an additional observation period will be required before a course of recovery is decided. He will remain at the Herentals hospital for the time being.indicates the Quick-Step team in its press release.
Julian Alaphilippe came close to the worst according to Romain Bardet
Obviously, the father of little Nino is therefore not completely out of the woods and he must still remain in the hospital for the moment under observation. A news that raises awareness of the gravity of his fall, which could have been even more dangerous if we are to believe the chilling story of Romain Bardet. The French cyclist was at his side at the time of the collision between cyclists and he was particularly afraid for the life of Julian Alaphilippe. “I see Julian, I see he’s really bad. He can barely breathe, he can’t speak, he can’t move (…) It is an immense distress. I felt like he was going to stay there, all alone, forever.”he recalls, before concluding: “I was afraid that he had an affected vertebra, paraplegia. I really feared the worst”.