The French Julian Alaphilippedouble world champion, will not wear his rainbow jersey to the Tour de France that starts on Friday in the Danish city of Copenhagen, according to his team, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl.
Alaphilippe reappeared on Sunday, at the French Championship, two months after his severe fall in Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
The selected formation will consist of Danish Michael Morkovwith the Dutch sprinter Fabio Jacobsen fighting stages. Kasper Asgreen, Andrea Bagioli, Mikkel Honoré, Mattia Cattaneo, Tim Declercq and Yves Lampaert completed eight for the Tour.
In addition to Alaphilippe, British Mark Cavendish, who appears as a reserve, is also left behind.
“Julian worked hard to be fit after what happened to him in Liège, but for a rider like him it is always important to be at the top of his form and to compete with the best rider in the peloton in a race like “That’s why we decided to give him more time to recover and recover his physical condition, so that he can be 100 percent in the second part of the season”, said Tom Steels.
“I failed not to be in the Tour de France this year. I have a natural love of racing, from my days in the yellow jersey to the last three seasons, my stage wins and many more fond memories with my teammates. on the team.Losing another chance to wear my beautiful rainbow jersey in my country is very sad, knowing that it is a difficult decision for the team to make.At the same time, I understand it perfectly, because I don’t want to either to start if I can’t at my best level, “Alaphilippe said in the official statement.
Source: La Verdad
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