Julian Alaphilippe, as a child, did Georges Brassens sing “the little white horse”?
Because his credo seems to be "all behind and he in front".
Once again, the world champion was in today's breakaway.
But, again, it felt like pedaling with half-unloaded legs.
By multiplying his efforts, not always reasoned the previous days, or working to help Mark Cavendish, Alaphilippe is exhausted and no longer makes a difference at the end of the stage.
As if he went from Brassens to Annie Cordy's priest's maid.
He would like to but cannot.
The 15th stage arrived on his Andorran lands and he wanted to shine there.
He ended up loosing logically when the best broke the group of 32 fumbles.
“It was a really tough day,” he sighs.
I was happy to pass each difficulty even though I felt tired.
The more the kilometers went by, the more I was focused to get to the Beixalis pass that I know very well.
But it was very hard.
Even though I was well placed at the foot, it was done "in the leg" and I did not have enough energy.
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His cousin and trainer Franck Alaphilippe, notes the exhaustion of his champion. “If he had known how to rest the previous days, Julian would have been better,” he says. But it's stronger than him. He has trouble channeling himself and often acts more with the heart than anything else. There he is exhausted. "
