In two months, Julian Alaphilippe will have taken two huge blows.
One on April 24 by falling heavily against a tree in Liège (Belgium).
And the other Sunday evening in the car taking him home after the French championships.
On the phone, a member of his Quick-Step team gave him the message he was afraid to hear: despite his more than correct performance on the Cholet circuit, his managers have decided not to select him for the next Tour de France.
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