Julian Alaphilippe to miss Tour de France
ByReuters
Updated 10/05/2017 at 17:09 GMT
French rider Julian Alaphilippe has been ruled out of the Tour de France because of a knee injury, his Quick Step-Floors team said on Wednesday.
France's Julian Alaphilippe celebrates his white jersey of best young on the podium at the end of the eighth and last stage of the 75th edition of the Paris-Nice cycling race, in and around Nice, on March 12, 2017.
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"I can't tell you how sad I am, there's really no words. The Tour de France was my primary goal of the year, and to miss it, after previously being forced to skip the Ardennes Classic, it's very disappointing," the 24-year-old, who underwent surgery on Wednesday, said in a team statement.
"Now my focus is on making a full recovery and arriving in a good condition for the second part of the year. Fortunately, the season is still long and I hope to bounce back."
Alaphilippe won the Tour of California last year and finished fourth in the Olympic road race in Rio de Janeiro.
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This year, he finished fifth overall in the week-long Paris-Nice race and third in the Milan-San Remo classic.
The Tour de France starts on July 1 in Duesseldorf, Germany.
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