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Vacek: “As a team we did it perfectly”
Mathias Vacek (Lidl - Trek): “I’m pretty satisfied, although I was second. In the end it was a fight between me and [Christophe] Laporte. It was 50-50, we worked together pretty well. I think in the end it was just whoever had the better sprint and he managed to beat me. Tactically as a team we did it perfectly, with Mads [Pedersen] attacking a bit earlier in the...
Laporte: “I almost didn't hope for this victory”
Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike): "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 in the European champion's jersey unfortunately, it wasn't an easy year. I have the small satisfaction of the Olympic Games [3rd], the big satisfaction I want to say. I hadn't won, the...
Sweet victory for Laporte
In the 118th edition of Paris-Tours it was Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) who took a classy victory in front of the fans on the Avenue de Grammont, outsprinting young Czech rider Mathias Vacek (Lidl - Trek) to the line. That pair had made it to the front of the race towards the end of the gruelling ride through the hills and vineyard paths en route to Tours...
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