Julian Alaphilippe’s comeback from a long injury lay-off has been stopped in its tracks by COVID-19.
After returning to competition at the weekend at the Tour de Wallonnie, three months after his heavy crash in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the world champion tested positive for the virus on Monday morning.
He will therefore not start stage 3 of the five-stage Belgian race, and it is now highly unlikely he’ll take part in Sunday’s Clásica de San Sebastián.
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