Alaphillippe zaradi spremembe linije v šprintu izgubil drugo mesto

Belgijska klasika Liege-Bastogne-Liege, kjer je prvič nastopil in zmagal Primož Roglič (Jumbo Visma), ki je na ciljni črti ugnal svetovnega prvaka Juliana Alaphillippa (Deceuninck - Quick Step), je doživela preobrat.

Alaphillippe, ki je v cilju že dvignil roke v znak zmage, je doživel še eno presenečenje. Sodniki so mu zaradi spremembe linije v ciljnem šprintu odvzeli drugo mesto in ga umestili na peto. Tako sta Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) in Matej Mohorič (Bahrain McLaren) napredovala. Pogačar je osvojil tretje in Mohorič četrto mesto. Drugi je Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb), ki ga je v šprintu Alaphillippe ogrozil.

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Podium of ‘La Doyenne’???? pic.twitter.com/Yje1qDYbMh

— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) October 4, 2020

Izjava Mohoriča:

????️ @matmohoric: "I've got cramps in the finale, so I couldn't do a proper sprint. Anyway, I'm satisfied with this result".#RideAsOne @LiegeBastogneL #LBL pic.twitter.com/xxaH8dDfdG

— Team Bahrain McLaren (@BahrainMcLaren) October 4, 2020

Alaphillippe je priznal, da je naredil napako, a ne namerno. 

"I made a mistake for which I take full responsibility. I am aware that my swerve caused a problem to the other riders and I apologise for that, but I want to underline that I didn’t do it on purpose" - @alafpolak1 after Sunday's tense #LBL final: https://t.co/vKnUR5WsQw pic.twitter.com/1tLm9t2cmR

— Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) October 4, 2020

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