From a dislocated shoulder to thinking he had won the stage – Julian Alaphilippe’s wild day in the Tour de France breakaway

It was a rollercoaster day for Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor Pro Cycling) on stage 15 of the Tour de France, going from dislocating his shoulder and thinking his race was over, to popping his shoulder back in the socket, to thinking he’d won the stage, and then finally finding out he had actually been sprinting for third.

Alaphilippe’s wild afternoon started when he was involved in a crash early in the stage, which resulted in him dislocating his shoulder. Instead of waiting for medical assistance, he popped it back into the socket himself.