
In another setback for Tudor Pro Cycling, two-time World Champion Julian Alaphilippe has pulled out of this Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Eschborn-Frankfurt on May 1 due to medical reasons, the team announced on Saturday morning.
They are already a main leader down for the next Monument of 2026 after Marc Hirschi crashed and broke his collarbone towards the finale of La Flèche Wallonne during the week, leaving the Swiss team without two former Liège podium finishers.