Two days after his heavy crash in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe has reassured cycling fans. The Frenchman, who suffered a broken shoulder blade, a collapsed lung and two broken ribs, made himself heard from the hospital through his cousin and trainer Franck Alaphilippe. “He was immediately the joker as I know him.”
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‘Joker’ Julian Alaphilippe scribbles on: ‘He has never experienced such a dark year as now’
