Revealed: The bizarre reason Tour de France star STOLE a fan’s cardboard sign, ripped it up and shoved it under his jersey
- Julian Alaphilippe apologized to a fan for capturing his sign.
- Rider Ünlü was competing in the 14th stage of the race
Tour de France rider Julian Alaphilippe apologized to a stunned fan for grabbing the cardboard sign and breaking it in the 14th stage of the 2025 event on Sunday.
As Alan Pyrenen Mountains passed through the Mountains, the 33 -year -old cyclist turned their heads by capturing a cardboard poster from a fan supporting his opponent.
The French then walked away, cut the sign into pieces, and threw the lice he didn’t need.
Alaphilippe can then be seen to use it as an insulation under ruthless conditions when filling a piece of cardboard into the bike set.
Alaphilippe’s former teammate Zdenek Stybar, ‘Julian really suffers from the cold’ he said.
After about 30 km more driving, Alaphilippe stopped a camera motorcycle and apologized for the incident before returning the residues of the sign.
Julian Alaphilippe (in the picture that manages the package) on Sunday 2025 Tour de France’s 14th stage of a fan of a fan grabbed a carton sign
The world champion twice then apologized to the fan and even gave him a gift.
“In the end, the story ended well, I apologized to the woman I bought,” he said.
I gave him a gown and took a photo with Wout [rider Wout van Aert]. In the end, he spent a better time than he would live on the top of the Turmal. ‘
Despite the light -hearted moments, Alaphilippe took 50th place and thymen Ansman claimed his stage win.
The stage was not the only unusual event with 14 fans, the audience was amazed when a car overturned an audience on a mountain road.
The Fan had stopped on the roads that attracted the cyclists when they hit them when they hit them, spreading them and flying their phones.
It is not known which situation the fan was, but the car was traveling at a low speed behind the cyclists as the car climbed to Peyresourde.
Organizers told Reuters that they were not aware of the accident and that Ineos Grenadiers were not right for comment.
The French then caught the fan and apologized for taking his sign.
The Ineos Grenadiers team belongs to Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the minority of Manchester United, and is about 200 meters from the climb summit during the accident.
He was following Ineos’s Thymen Ansman, leading the chase group behind his teammate Carlos Rodriguez.
RMC Sport Analyst Jerome Coppel, ‘These transitions are always very complex. There are people on both sides of the road that are not very wide.
“ Team directors should return and ensure security if the leading rider is punctured.
‘They’re trying to go back and the meter group doesn’t allow them to pass. There is not enough space and sometimes unfortunately we see such things.
“ The driver is at risk of punishment. Since I’m in the car behind the peloto, it’s really complicated to move the line up. ‘
