Will we see Julian Alaphilippe on the Tour de France 2022?

Back to competition and aligned with the French championships in Cholet, the double world champion wants to, but points to the unknown of his physical form, two months after his heavy fall in Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

"I want to do the Tour, of course, but there is also the unknown about my condition and then the selection (within his Quick-Step team) also happens higher", explained the puncher who returns from a hemopneumothorax and multiple fractures (ribs and scapula), suffered during his fall in Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Three weeks of training

Wearer of the yellow jersey of the Great Loop in his last three editions, Julian Alaphilippe has only been able to carry out three weeks of real training before the road race of the French Championships on Sunday which will mark his return, according to his trainer and cousin. Frank Alaphilippe.

"There are several options, putting me on the Tour, it can be good, or taking more time for me to come back properly" listed "Alaf", who celebrated his 30th birthday in early June.

“I fell ill a few days after the camp, on returning, so I still missed a few days of training,” added the six-time Tour stage winner.

“That's also a bit of uncertainty.

If I refer to what I was able to do as work during this long internship, I'm happy.

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Winner once this season, of a stage of the Tour of the Basque Country at the beginning of April, Alaphilippe has "not done especially large blocks of training" since the end of his convalescence.

"I resumed my rhythm without necessarily wanting to follow the others", described the wearer of the golden fabric for fourteen days during the 2019 Tour.

The selection for the Tour announced at the beginning of the week

Listening to him, the fall of April 24 left him with slight apprehensions previously absent.

“It's not that I'm scared, but I've seen it on some descents, some things may have changed a bit,” said the headliner of Quick-Step.

“I don't think about the fall anymore, but I haven't resorted so I don't know how it will be in the peloton, when it will go down quickly or when there will be brakes.

These may be things that will seem weird at first, he anticipates.

That's also why I'm here, to take back automatisms, not just to see where I am physically.

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The selection of his team for the Big Loop 2022 must be announced at the beginning of the week.

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Tour de France: Julian Alaphilippe back to competition, two months after his serious injury

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