BRUSSELS (REUTERS) – World champion Julian Alaphilippe is in a stable situation after crashing closely in the course of the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Monument basic however will have to be stored in hospital for statement, his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl biking crew mentioned on Sunday (April 24).
The crew mentioned he suffered two damaged ribs, a damaged scapula and a collapsed lung.
The Frenchman was aware whereas being handled in an ambulance, TV channel France 3 reported, after the 29-year-old was concerned in an enormous pile-up close to the entrance of the principle bunch and fell right into a ditch, round 62km from the end.
Team mate Ilan Van Wilder, 21, suffered a damaged jaw in the identical accident.
“Both will travel by ambulance to (the city of) Herentals for further examination and treatment,” the crew mentioned.
But there was higher information for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl after Remco Evenepoel gained the race, claiming his maiden Monument basic after launching a brutal assault on the penultimate climb of the day.
The 22-year-old, the primary Belgian to win the oldest basic race in 11 years, attacked close to the highest of the Cote de la Redoute, 30km from the end, and by no means regarded again.
His compatriots Quinten Hermans (Intermarche-Wanty Gobert Materiaux) and Wout van Art (Jumbo-Visma) took second and third locations respectively, after 257.5km.
“I hope everyone in the crash is okay,” mentioned Evenepoel, who burst into tears of pleasure after the end.
“It’s the race I’ve been dreaming of winning since I started cycling,” the previous Belgium Under-16 soccer participant mentioned.
“I wanted to blow things up in the Cote de la Redoute and I managed to do it and was able to make the move stick.”
Behind Evenepoel, who’s thought to be one of many greatest skills of the brand new technology, his rivals did not organise a correct chase.
He caught up with the riders from the breakaway one after the other and dropped the final of them, France’s Bruno Armirail, on the foot of the ultimate climb, the Cote de la Roche aux Faucons.
After a couple of riders tried their luck solo to catch Evenepoel, the decreased group of chasers settled for a dash end, 48 seconds behind.
One of the pre-race favourites, two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar, was not at the beginning after the dying of his mother-in-law.
