Sunday 18 October 2020
The 28-year-old Frenchman pulled down the curtain over his season in an unwanted way.
Part of a three-man move inside the last 35 kilometers of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Julian Alaphilippe crashed into a motorbike and had to abandon the race. The World Champion was taken to the hospital in Ronse, where the X-rays showed fractures of the metacarpal 2 and 4 on his right hand.
Alaphilippe, who was making his last appearance of the season in Flanders – which teammate Yves Lampaert finished in fifth place, as Elegant – Quick-Step’s best placed rider – will be operated Monday morning at the Herentals Clinic by Dr. De Schrijver.
