Julian Alaphilippe to return at Brabantse Pijl after Tour of the Basque Country crash

The Frenchman will use the Flanders Classic as preparation for the Amstel Gold Race a few days later

Julian Alaphilippe during the 2019 Tour of the Basque Country (Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Stringer/Getty)

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By Jonny Long
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Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) will return to racing at Brabantse Pijl after crashing during the Tour of the Basque Country and being forced to abandon the race.

The Frenchman rolled across the line baring the injuries of a crash 5km from the line of stage three, which also claimed Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky), but failed to start on day four.

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Jonny Long

Hi. I'm Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor. I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.


Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).


I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.

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