Patrick Lefevere has played down the role of the team in encouraging Julian Alaphilippe to race on a fractured fibula head since Strade Bianche, with the Soudal-Quickstep manager describing the former World Champion as having ‘the final say’ in his decision to race.
Alaphilippe revealed that he had been racing on a fractured fibula head in an interview with Le Parisien earlier in April, reflecting that "It was the wrong decision to do that” and “I should have taken care of myself."
