Julian Alaphilippe would have done well without it.

The Frenchman fell 20 km from the finish on the Flèche Brabançonne, jostled by Bryan Coquard himself pushed by… the car of the Quick Step, the Alaph formation.

A surreal scene in which one still wonders how the driver could believe that his car could pass through such a mouse hole.

FALL by Julian Alaphilippe!



The Frenchman falls after being hit by Bryan Coquard, himself hit by a car 👀 pic.twitter.com/bepqZbQLH0

— the chain L'Équipe (@lachainelequipe) April 13, 2022


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Hit in the arm, the world champion finally left, but could not influence the epilogue of the race won by the American runner from Ineos, Magnus Sheffield.

The latter overtook the Frenchman Benoît Cosnefroy after planting a decisive banderilla in the last kilometers.

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