Gent-Wevelgem 2023

Cristophe Laporte led a 1-2 finish for Team Jumbo-Visma at the 85th edition of the road cycling's Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday (26 March).

Christophe had a difficult start to the season due to a sickness. He's such a team player, so it was an easy decision (to let him win)," van Aert said after the race. "We just rode full-on until the last 8-10km maybe, then we were quite sure we had the victory for us.

France's Christophe Laporte guided his team Jumbo-Visma to victory at Gent-Wevelgem alongside teammate Wout van Aert of Belgium as the 2023 International ...

"It was hard for me to follow Wout. It was just incredible to be with him, and I'm so proud to do so much of it with him." "We did everything to go to the finish together.

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"But there was nobody on my wheel and I thought 'let's try a bit'." We took a closer look at the Kemmelberg Marlen Reusser is the first Swiss woman to win Gent-Wevelgem, and only the second Swiss rider - man or woman - to win in Wevelgem. Especially my arms, I mean I cannot even dress myself, I'm so done." And there's the throw to the line for second. A minute and a half for Reusser - this is a gap she could definitely defend to the finish. A couple of minutes until the chasers get to the finish. That said, riders are using the brief respite of the flat to try to come back to the front of this race. She will have been hoping someone could join her. This will all take energy and power out of the legs of a lot of riders. Maybe in these conditions, a lot of riders are happier to shelter in the bunch that expose themselves to the elements. It may have been a relatively quiet start to the race, but battling the conditions and fighting for position in the bunch will already be taking it out of a lot of riders.

Sep Vanmarcke wins chase-group sprint for third in abysmal weather conditions.

With 50 kilometres to go, Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte rode away and the win was theirs to share. Laporte took the win.

At the line it was Laporte who crossed the line first. With the cold, it was also a special feeling. We went for it with two and gave everything to the finish line. The group of counter-attackers consisted of nine riders, Mads Pedersen was the last to make the group. In the last kilometre they were joined by Mads Pedersen, but it was Vanmarcke who won the sprint for third place. At this point it was a question of who would take, be given, the victory. At the foot of the Kemmelberg, the difference had dropped to less than 1:30. There was no change on the climb itself, but just after the top a group managed to break free. There was still a long way to go to the final, which would start with the Scherpenberg at less than 100 kilometres from the finish. With a lead of 2 minutes with 10 kilometres to go, the win was theirs to share. Laporte took the win, arm in arm with Van Aert. With 50 kilometres to go, Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte rode away from what was left of the decimated peloton.

WEVELGEM BELGIUM MARCH 26 LR Christophe Laporte of France and Wout Van Aert of Belgium and Team JumboVisma compete passing through a Kemmelberg cobblestones ...

Karlijn Swinkels crossed the line in fourth place at the end of a chaotic Gent-Wevelgem. Team Jumbo-Visma was ready to play an important role in the…

Then I got to the front a bit too early and had to wait with my sprint. The control was lost for a while because of all the bike changes and crashes, but our riders showed great things after all the hectic moments. Then the tempo dropped for a while and some teammates were able to return. Unfortunately, Henderson and Beekhuis were then involved in a crash. Anna Henderson and Teuntje Beekhuis were able to stay near the front during the first passage of the Kemmelberg and rode up with the best. Team Jumbo-Visma was ready to play an important role in the final, until an array of crashes disrupted the original plans.

Severe weather and a savage two-man attack made Gent-Wevelgem a unique spectacle of the Spring Classics.

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