Cyrille Guimard confused by Julian Alaphilippe's performance: "I'd like to ask him what was he doing on stage 15"

Cycling expert for RMC Sport, Cyrille Guimard, is closely following Tour de France with a spotlight on French riders. In his column for Cyclism'Actu, he takes a closer look at one of the big disappointments - Julian Alaphilippe - whose gameplan Guimard doesn't quite seem to comprehend.

"It makes no sense. I'm sorry for Julian, but it's not his race. It's fun, it's good, but let's not forget that he is the leader of his team. He is not in a position to be able to play this character. I think that's not good."

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"He has earpieces like everyone else, so yesterday, it would have been nice to ask him what he was doing up front with Lutsenko 100 miles from the finish and 40 seconds ahead of 25 riders who are going to catch a cold in 15 kilometers. You should be disappointed on arrival, but not even, you're happy. Sorry Julian, but I don't understand..."

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