Julian Alaphilippe resumes training with Tour de France ‘still in mind’

LIEGE BELGIUM APRIL 24 Julian Alaphilippe of France and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl prior to the 108th Liege Bastogne Liege 2022 Mens Elite a 2572km one day race from Lige to Lige LBL WorldTour on April 24 2022 in Liege Belgium Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images
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Julian Alaphilippe has returned to training on the road for the first time since his heavy crash at Liège-Bastogne-Liège last month. He has said that the prospect of his participation at the Tour de France is “still open” pending the speed of his recovery.

The world champion sustained two broken ribs, a broken scapula, and a punctured lung in a mass crash ahead of the Col du Rosier at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but he revealed on Tuesday that he has joined his QuickStep-AlphaVinyl teammates for a training camp at Sierra Nevada.

Barry Ryan
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Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.