Christophe Laporte takes second classic victory: “Have to let this sink in for a while”

And whether Team Jumbo-Visma is ready for the Tour of Flanders that is coming up on Sunday.

“We have had another very special day with the team”, Laporte said afterwards. “And I am happy that three days after my victory in Gent-Wevelgem I can once again stand on the highest scaffold of the podium. Tiesj Benoot paved the way for my success today. After all, Benoot provided the necessary separations on a few slopes. On That way our group was nicely thinned out.”

“Condition is very good”

“I need to let this sink in a bit,” he continued. “It seems strange, so soon after Gent-Wevelgem. The condition is very good. I was ill at the beginning of the season and saw part of my training schedules go up in smoke.”

The Tour of Flanders is coming up on Sunday. Team Jumbo-Visma will be targeted, especially after what that team has already shown in the cobbled races so far. “We should definitely be able to extend that. A very big classic awaits on Sunday and the following week as well. Whether I can also count myself among the favorites for De Ronde? No. Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar will fight it out in my vision. We have a strong team to support Wout on his way to victory in the Tour of Flanders,” Laporte concluded.