Leader of the French team, Julian Alaphilippe forced abandonment from the start of the online race

Sick since Saturday evening, the double world champion (2020 and 2021) tricolor had to abandon, Sunday in Kigali (Rwanda).

Still betrayed by his body. The Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe, visibly without strength after having fallen ill on Saturday evening, was forced to abandon the online race of the world cycling championships after about thirty kilometers, Sunday September 28 in Kigali (Rwanda). The former double world champion briefly attacked before being caught up and distant by the peloton at a fairly crazy start to the race with a multitude of offensives, especially on the part of the French runners.

“I'm not going to do 260 kilometers like that”launched the tricolor runner at the motorcycle-caméra before setting off on the ground, while this first African traced in the history of the Worlds was announced as the most difficult of all time. On Thursday, he explained that he almost gave up these world championships because he had fallen ill after his victory at the GP in Quebec on September 12.