Teams & Riders Julian Alaphilippe Discussion Thread

[Ilmaestro99]

Video of the crash, seems soft?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1565086309806481409

View: https://twitter.com/teledeporte/status/1565086309806481409?t=2mjdbTDHv5kMOyJmhWg4cw&s=19

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1565317207470514176

View: https://twitter.com/LeGruppetto/status/1565317207470514176

 

[Ilmaestro99]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1565317207470514176

View: https://twitter.com/LeGruppetto/status/1565317207470514176

Man now you are copying me

 

[Bolder]

That is exactly how I first dislocated my shoulder. Not on a bike but was playing football, slipped while making a tackle and used my arm to break the fall. My shoulder turned inward rather than out, and absorbed the force in a straight line. Wasn't violent or anything like that.

 

[Skalman]

How long will he be out? i saw someone said 3-5 Months, that seem like a very long time?

 

[tobydawq]

How long will he be out? i saw someone said 3-5 Months, that seem like a very long time?

Didn't he only dislocate a shoulder?

 

[Bolder]

How long will he be out? i saw someone said 3-5 Months, that seem like a very long time?

That is long for a dislocated shoulder. Roglic just took a 30 second break in the middle of a race. That said, ligament damage is always a possibility.

 

[DaLong]

Lucky he didn't get the other side of the wheel, would've had a hot disc brake jammed into his rear end.

 

[Koronin]

How long will he be out? i saw someone said 3-5 Months, that seem like a very long time?

That sounds more like if it was broken. Dislocated I'd guess at least 3-4 weeks and then go with how it's healing and how he's feeling.

 

[Sciatic]

I think the duration for healing might depend upon whether there is some additional ligament damage beyond a simple dislocation. From my experience—soft tissue injuries can sometimes take longer to heal than broken bones.

 

[CyclistAbi]

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lefevere-believes-alaphilippes-worlds-participation-is-risky/

Lefevere doesn't feel Alaphilippe should participate in worlds. Alaphilippe you now know what you have to do.

 

[Skalman]

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lefevere-believes-alaphilippes-worlds-participation-is-risky/

Lefevere doesn't feel Alaphilippe should participate in worlds. Alaphilippe you now know what you have to do.

If he feel he has any chance of doing himself justice then he should go, cant let himself pass it by if he can compete. Then he would just left wondering what could have been.
I also think France could use him even if he isn't 100 percent, could use him as bait + the extra man

 

[CyclistAbi]

@Skalman

In my opinion if he feels he can't do anything meaningful. He should still go.

 

[tobydawq]

Welcome back!

 

[Unchained]

Is there a go-fund-me page to help pay for his no helmet infraction?

 

[Netserk]

Of the top-11 yesterday, he was the one farthest back in the peloton on Poggio (Turgis was second farthest back, near Ewan and Girmay). By a lot.

Asgreen is the QS rider you almost can't see right to an Ineos rider and he moves up ahead of Stuyven when Wellens accelerates. Alaphilippe is the one with the missing number.

So I think he would have crested the top together with Pedersen and Mohorič, if he was positioned better.

 

[Blanco]

But definitelly not Alaphilippe of the past 4-5 years...

 

[Skalman]

Yes not like him to position himself so badly, but the pace was high, still very dissappointing as the feeling afterwards was that he had more to give.

 

[cellardoor]

At exactly 12km to go, as they come out of a bend, Ala is in about 15th position. He has a small issue, which causes him to slow down and lose quite a few places. At that point it's basically over unless he had super legs. Not sure exactly what happened, but maybe he dropped his chain or had to unclip.

 

[Salvarani]

Yes not like him to position himself so badly, but the pace was high, still very dissappointing as the feeling afterwards was that he had more to give.

Maybe he had more to give, because he didnt fight to have a better position going into the climb.

 

[Open Horizon]

There's always a valid reason to explain why a good cyclist wasn't able to perform his very best in a certain race. Tactics. Mechanical issues. Race dynamics. Bad luck. Illness. Crashes. Unsuited body composition.

But the thing is: the very best cyclists are able to shine in spite of unfavourable conditions.

Alaphillipe himself proved so on many occasions (Leuven 2021, or the entire 2019 Tour. ) Hope he can regain this aura and we don't regress to endless post-race repetitions of 'if not for X or Y, then maybe...'

 

[Monte Serra]

Am I the only one thinking, that there is no chance Alaphillipe will win a World Tour race this year? He had a shocker last year, with lots of crashes (which can't all be down to purely bad luck), and thusfar he hasn't impressed me at all. I fear he might be on the same trajectory as Sagan. Or am I just too pessimistic, and does his 11th place in Milan-Sanremo offer a glimmer of hope?

 

[Sciatic]

Am I the only one thinking, that there is no chance Alaphillipe will win a World Tour race this year? He had a shocker last year, with lots of crashes (which can't all be down to purely bad luck), and thusfar he hasn't impressed me at all. I fear he might be on the same trajectory as Sagan. Or am I just too pessimistic, and does his 11th place in Milan-Sanremo offer a glimmer of hope?

I would never write him off from winning Flèche.

 

[tobydawq]

Am I the only one thinking, that there is no chance Alaphillipe will win a World Tour race this year? He had a shocker last year, with lots of crashes (which can't all be down to purely bad luck), and thusfar he hasn't impressed me at all. I fear he might be on the same trajectory as Sagan. Or am I just too pessimistic, and does his 11th place in Milan-Sanremo offer a glimmer of hope?

The way he won Ardèche was awesome and against Gaudu who proved to be seriously good in Paris-Nice.

His level after that seems very weird when you consider that race.

 

[Skalman]

Am I the only one thinking, that there is no chance Alaphillipe will win a World Tour race this year? He had a shocker last year, with lots of crashes (which can't all be down to purely bad luck), and thusfar he hasn't impressed me at all. I fear he might be on the same trajectory as Sagan. Or am I just too pessimistic, and does his 11th place in Milan-Sanremo offer a glimmer of hope?

Why couldn't the crashes last year be bad luck? the one at Liege was hardly his fault, likewise the one at the Vuelta, that could and do happen to anybody. the one he could maybe be faulted for was the one at where the team car drove to close and he didn't pay attention. I do believe however that he would be on a higher level without those crashes (Duh ..). I still think he has more to give (i hope..). He also had a stomach bug 2 weeks ago which could explain part of lackluster performance recently. Hopefully he is at his peak on this years Liege. Oh and i don't think he will race Flech this year.