Gent-Wevelgem 2023!

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.

Christophe Laporte won the first one-day classic race of his career after the Frenchman and teammate Wout van Aert secured a 1-2 finish at Gent-Wevelgem for ...

“”He is not only a colleague, but also a very good friend. “He is such a great team player that it was an easy decision for me,” Van Aert said. “My gratitude to Wout is so great,” Laporte said.

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.

Gent-Wevelgem's 260 km contained three consecutive unpaved “plugstreets” and nine cobbled climbs, with the mighty Kemmelberg and its pitches up to 20 percent ...

Wout Van Aert was getting left behind on the plugstreets, but before the next series of climbs, and soon after the two leading groups came together, the race reformed. Sep Vanmarcke rounded out the podium thirteen years after he was runner-up. Fifteen kilometres later and the gap was 2:00. Thirty-three kilometres remained and the Jumbo-Visma duo still held over a minute. By the first run up the Kemmelberg from the Belvedere side, a dozen escapees had a 1:30 gap on the peloton. Jumbo-Visma has now claimed five out of the 12 rounds of the 2023 WorldTour.

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.

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.