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Rider Mistakenly Celebrates Tour De France Stage Win After Dislocating Shoulder
AUDE, OCCITANIE, JUL 20 – Alaphilippe dislocated his shoulder, self-treated, and mistakenly celebrated third place due to a broken radio, while Tim Wellens claimed a solo stage victory at the Tour de France.
- Julian Alaphilippe dislocated his shoulder early during stage 15 of the 2025 Tour de France and mistakenly celebrated what he thought was a stage win in France.
- Alaphilippe crashed earlier, which broke his radio, leaving him unaware that Tim Wellens and Victor Campenaerts were ahead and that he was contesting only third place.
- Despite the injury, Alaphilippe popped his shoulder back in and sprinted strongly to finish third behind Wellens, who soloed to the win, and Campenaerts, who crossed nine seconds ahead of Alaphilippe.
- Alaphilippe admitted he prematurely celebrated by lifting his arms despite riders ahead of him, and revealed that his radio failed after the crash, leaving him without crucial information during the final sprint.
- Alaphilippe remains determined to secure a Tour de France stage victory again after several challenging seasons, even as he takes a day to recover following a tough and emotional race.
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Julian Alaphilippe Loses, Celebrates, And Learns To Smile About It
CARCASSONNE, France — It is hard to know what is going on in the Tour de France, even if your job is to work on the Tour de France. The end of every stage includes a familiar ritual, with team employees and journalists gathering around phones and tablets, squinting into the harsh sunlight to try and figure out what the hell is happening. The team cars on the road are listening to race radio—which, as I learned yesterday, can be imprecise—or watc…
Julian Alaphilippe was one of the main protagonists of Sunday’s Tour de France, played between the towns of Muret and Carcassonne . The Frenchman finished third after overcoming a rugged fifteenth stage for him, with a fall at the beginning of the tour and a bruised shoulder, and caught many glances in the finish line. However, for his misfortune it was not for his example of struggle and resistance but for his unexpected celebration.
The French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe starred in a wild celebration at his arrival the goal of the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France, played this Sunday between Muret and Carcassonne. The gallo, not knowing that the race already had winner and second place, accelerated in the final meters and celebrated his arrival to the final line as if it were an epic victory. Read also... The legendary Manny Pacquiao returned to the ring at age 46: he ru…
Julian Alaphilippe celebrates the victory, although Tim Wellens and Victor Campenaerts had already reached the finish at the Tour de France before him.
He crashed, dislocated his shoulder and managed to get the body part back into place himself. Then former world champion Julian Alaphilippe celebrated winning the stage in To
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