Finally ! More than a year after his last victory during the 2023 European Championships, Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike) tastes victory again. And not in just any race. This Sunday, on the white paths of Paris-Toursthe Frenchman completed a perfect race. He was initially discreet, particularly when Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) attacked more than 70 kilometers from the finish, before coming out strong with Matias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) 30 kilometers from the finish. Laporte then showed himself to be the fastest in the sprint to dominate the Czech and achieve a prestigious success.
Video – Laporte’s victory and reaction to Paris-Tours 2024
“After a difficult year…”
“I’m very happy, I almost didn’t hope for this victory anymore, I haven’t won since the European Championships last year, I didn’t manage to win with the European Champion jersey unfortunately It wasn’t an easy year. I’m very satisfied with the Olympic Games (3rd), but I didn’t win… The feelings were there but the motivation was a little more difficult. this complicated season Today, I was motivated, these are conditions that I like with the paths, the mud, it was a warrior’s race, it was quite dangerous… I wanted to finish the season as well as possible. possible, and it is.” declared Laporte before returning to his course.
“Mads Pedersen really started far from the finish, it’s often like that at Paris-Tours, in the first sectors, it gets a little panicky but it doesn’t break so I stayed behind on the first part of the sectors Then I went back up, I didn’t want to leave Alpecin-Deceuninck and Lidl-Trek in control so I attacked and made a big effort to get on Eduardo (Affini) and Pedersen, then we lost Eduardo and Pedersen. It was Vacek with me, he was very strong in the last kilometer, I had to play a little, I turned around, there was a big gap on Ghent-Wevelgem. guy had thrown and won so I wanted to throw first today, and that’s what I did I’m very happy to win.” he said.
Paris-Tours – General classification
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