Christophe Laporte doubles up in the Classics with Dwars door Vlaanderen victory

Frenchman grabs second major victory in a matter of days after Gent-Wevelgem win on Sunday

Christophe Laporte wins Dwars door Vlaanderen
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Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) soloed to victory at Dwars door Vlaanderen, making it five cobbled Classics wins out of five for Jumbo-Visma.

It was also Laporte's second Classics win in a matter of days after the Frenchman won Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday by dominating the race with teammate Wout van Aert.

Laporte launched a huge acceleration with four kilometres left to race, which the remnants of the day's breakaway couldn’t answer. Once he realised the race was won, the Frenchman had time to zip up his jersey and enjoy another impressive win for Jumbo-Visma.

The Dutch team have now already won 20 races in 2023, including Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, the E3 Saxo Classic and Gent-Wevelgem.

Oier Lazkano (Movistar) and Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) completed the podium, taking second and third respectively.

Lazkano lit up the day as part of a six-man breakaway which eventually was reduced to two men. The Basque rider and Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X) were swallowed up by the Jumbo-Visma led chase group with seven kilometres left to race.

Behind Laporte, Lazkano and Powless, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Decuninck) won the sprint for fourth place from a reduced peloton. 

"It's incredible to get five wins from five cobbled races," Laporte said after his latest Classics victory. "It was a difficult day but a great day, all the team were great. I'm very happy to win again. I was strong on the climbs and made the selections there. It was a good collaboration in the group."

Looking ahead to Sunday's Tour of Flanders, Laporte was full of optimism.

"My condition is good, I've been training well, I think I'm fresh, and we have an amazingly strong team," he said. 

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