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Stage 1
11| Christophe LAPORTE
Christophe Laporte: "The goal is to win as a team"
Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike) after his third place in Paris-Tours 2026 won by his teammate Per Strand Hagnes:
"I’m feeling satisfied, really. A bit of a feeling of a job well done. You always want to win yourself, but the goal is to win as a team. So I'm really happy and Per [Strand Hagenes] is a rider who deserves it, so I'm pleased for him. Getting a podium finish behind him is always satisfying.The pace was really high all day, and when it's like that, it's very difficult to make a difference. A big group got away early in the race, and we had...
Stage 1
56| Jasper STUYVEN
Jasper Stuyven: "I hesitated a second too long"
Jasper Stuyven (Soudal Quick-Step), runner-up of Paris-Tours 2026 after finishing third in 2021:
"I think it was a very, very fast day. I'm happy with the race I did. We had the gap, and maybe I hesitated one second too long when we were in a group of four. Then Per Strand just went behind Toms [Skujiņš], and maybe I hesitated a second too long. He got to Toms and just continued. I think it was 20 metres, and it was still 20 metres at the finish line. I can't say much."
"He [Hagenes] also had a very strong last kilometre, and I tried to get onto his...
Stage 1
14| Per Strand HAGENES
Per Strand Hagenes: "I had a nice opportunity to go for it, and when that happens, you take it"
Per Strand Hagenes (Visma-Lease a Bike), winner of Paris-Tours 2026:
"It's a good feeling. To be honest, I didn't really believe in it during the race. I think I only started to believe with 500 metres to go. I was marking a lot to make sure we could at least have a sprint with Christophe [Laporte] for the win. During the day, I was suffering a little bit, but I kept fighting and always managed to come back. So, yeah, it was a nice day. It's a really nice result."
"I think since the Tour de France I've been suffering a little bit in training and struggling...
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