Alaphilippe was the victim of a gliding flight during the Tour of Flanders.

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It is a bruised man who responded to the Belgian press after the race.

The “fucking shitty biker”, as Julian Alaphilippe's teammate Remco Evenepoel tweeted after the Frenchman's fall on the Tour of Flanders was made very small after the race in the columns of Nieuwsblad.

“I've been doing this for 20 years and nothing like this has ever happened to me before,” said 64-year-old retired policeman Eddy Liessens.

I'm sorry for Alaphilippe.

His injuries are serious and he also had a chance to win the Tour of Flanders.

It really touched me.

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So much so that he "plans to stop".

"I feel guilty, even if I can not do anything about it," he continues, specifying the conditions of the accident.

“The lead of the leading men had exceeded 20 seconds.

At that point, I decided with Shimano's bike to position myself behind the group.

Why were we on the right of the road?

Those who are wondering have never participated in a bicycle race.

I didn't do anything unusual.

These things happen 100 times per race.

We just had some bad luck.

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The boss of the Deceuninck, Alaphilippe's team, has turned on the pilot in the Team.

“The motorcycles had nothing to do there.

The pilots should have positioned themselves outside, as it was a slight right turn.

We all know that cyclists are always looking for the shortest route, it was obvious that he would pass there and not opposite.

The riders did not understand what was happening, we saw that Mathieu was upset.

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Alaphilippe, whose season is over, suffers from broken bones in his hand.

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