Julian Alaphilippe is out of the Vuelta after brutal crash

World champion Julian Alaphilippe has been forced to pull out of the the Vuelta a España after a nasty crash with 65 km to go.

After the fall, he was taken by ambulance to the hospital with a suspected broken collarbone.

You can see in the clip below he seems to have touched wheels around a very fast corner and then hit the deck.

⏪Una caída al frente del pelotón deja fuera de carrera al Campeón del Mundo ??@alafpolak1 – @qst_alphavinyl.

?‍♂️ A crash at the front of the bunch means World Champion Julian Alaphilippe is out of the race.

¡Mucho ánimo! ? Wishing him a quick recovery#LaVuelta22 pic.twitter.com/R3XF1GYETq

— La Vuelta (@lavuelta) August 31, 2022