Finishing 29th, exactly 26 minutes behind Carapaz, arm-in-arm with his French teammate Barguil, Julian Alaphilippe collapsed to the ground and put on a jacket at the end of yesterday's mountain stage at the Tour de France, the second Alpe d'Huez of the weekend. The 34-year-old Tudor rider then gave an interview to the international press while sitting on the ground: "Today I gave everything because I knew these were my last major efforts at the Tour de France. I still have one year left on my contract, but you won't see me at the Tour again. I've reached the point where the suffering outweighs the pleasure of a race like this, and I can't even focus on the finish in Paris. All I want right now is to hold my son Nino in my arms."