Like Céline Boutier, Christophe Laporte waited until the first weekend of October to betray us for the first time this season. A victory that hurts, very hurts.
Christophe Laporte spoils everything at the end of the season
At the end of a solid season, punctuated by exactly zero victories, Christophe Laporte ended it in the worst possible way. If the latter had already been tainted by an odious bronze medal at the Olympic Games, the Visma – Lease a Bike rider had done what was necessary to never raise his arms to the sky until then. But this feat lasted until this sad Sunday October 6 on the Paris-Tours classic.
Indeed, the native of La Seyne-sur-Mer has decided to play the disruptor in this race. Firstly around thirty kilometers from the finish, by placing a first attack. Then, even worse, when he took the lead of the race around twenty kilometers from the end, with the Czech Mathias Vacek in his wheel.
From then on, we still have two hopes of not seeing Christophe Laporte win in Tours; the return of the peloton, or a sprint victory for Mathias Vacek. But neither of these two dreams will come true. The Frenchman is simply intractable in the sprint, and wins for the first time this season. Covered in mud, after the runners had passed through the vineyard paths, Laporte avoided Fanny on the gong. So infuriating.
