Paris Roubaix '26: Bringing Wout Back

It is said of Paris Roubaix, "it isn't a question of if you will have bad luck, it is only a question of when."  Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) had an early mechanical and was paced back to the peloton by his teammate Christophe Laporte with another 147 kilometers to race.  Clearly, he has plenty of time to get back on, but it is never good to have to use energy chasing that you are going to need at the end of the day.  Alexis Renard (Cofidis) was thrilled to have a strong duo to pull him back to the peloton over one of the early cobbled sectors.

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"Bringing Wout Back PR26-1" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Paris Olympics 2024, Men's Road Race: Sprinting in Paris

This might be THE image of these Olympic Games for me.  Either unable to catch his teammate, or unwilling to drag the others up to Valentin Madouas (France), Christophe Laporte (France) was able to sprint away from the chase group under the shadow of the Eiffel Tower to take the Bronze Medal.  His third place meant that the French took the two remaining medals behind the Belgium Remco Evenepoel.  Not a bad finish for the home team in front of one of their most famous landmarks.  And kudos to the cameraman that found this angle for the finale, too bad he couldn't have got there for Evenepoel's finale.

As Evenepoel posed with his bike just across the finish, you could see the TV camera men running down the course to get this shot.  Somebody is in trouble...

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"Sprinting in Paris PO24-59" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Paris Olympics 2024, Men's Road Race: Two Chasing

With a group up the road, both Christophe Laporte (France) and Matteo Jorgenson (USA) knew they had to try and get across.  They had only another 23 kilometers to race through Paris and at this point all of the Olympic medals were up the road.  Laporte was taking a risk pulling another rider up to his teammate, but Madouas wasn't the designated man for the French team.  I'm not sure why they didn't have faith in him, he had just raced an excellent Tour de France two weeks ago.  And now, the man they were riding for, Julian Alaphilippe, wasn't in the mix anymore.  It should be noted that these two ride on the same pro team, Visma-Lease a Bike, so they well know the other's strengths and weaknesses.

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"Two Chasing PO24-56" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Tour '24, Stage 9: Tadej Goes Again!

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) uses another section of deep fresh gravel to attack again.  His move is first cover by Jonas Vingegaard's (Visma-Lease a Bike) teammate Christophe Laporte.  Unfortunately, Vingegaard wasn't able to hold the wheels, so the American Matteo Jorgenson another teammate covered Pogacar, and let Laporte bring their team leader back to the wheel of the Maillot Jaune.  Visma-Lease a Bike had looked weak when Pogacar claimed the Yellow Jersey back on the Col du Galibier.  But today, Pogacar was certainly still strong, but his team came up short today.

It should be noted that Vingegaard has been riding on his teammate's (Jan Tratnik) bike for about 70 kilometers now.  With the race so spread out and the near continual attacks of Pogacar, there was no way he could go back and get his spare bike.  According to the commentators, Tratnik and Vingegaard have their seats at the same height.

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"Tadej Goes Again! TdF24-49" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Men’s Race: Who Do We Have Now?

With a teammate up the road, both Wout Van Aert and Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike) soft pedaled to discourage others from chasing Matteo Jorgenson.  The problem was, that allowed those chasing behind to join in to the mid race break away.  Toms Skujins (Lidl-Trek) seems to be scolding Laporte for letting Ivan Garcia Cortina (Movistar), Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech) and Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) back into the race.  Just behind this group, another was just seconds behind.  After looking like the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was going to come down to a six man race, everything suddenly changed with just eleven kilometers left to race.  It was looking like it may come down to a field sprint after all.

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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Men’s Race: Still Working Together

The late break of the day was a dream come true for Visma-Lease a Bike.  They had managed to get three of there guys into the break.  While Christophe Laporte was one the front driving the pace of the group of escapees, Matteo Jorgenson and Wout Van Aert were able to conserve their energy at the back.  It was a nightmare for the other three in the group.  Tom Pidcock (Ineos-Grenadiers), Toms Skujins (Lidl-Trek) and Arnuad De Lie (Lotto-Dstny) were going to be forced to chase each of the moves one of the Visma guys made or conversely, should any one of them try an attack one of the Visma guys can chase while the others continue to save themselves for the finale.  All the while, these six were continuing to build a gap on the peloton that was now over a minute behind.

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Tour de France 23, Stage 21: Toasting the Team

While this Tour has been anything put normal, still some traditions must be upheld.  One of the classics on the final day of the Tour, long before reaching Paris, is for the team of the Yellow Jersey to sip some champagne as they pose for the press.  Jumbo-Visma brought all of their team through the Tour except for one.  Wout Van Aert had left just after his team leader, Jonas Vingegaard, had opened up a seven minute lead on the man sitting in second.  Of course, that was not why he went home, it was to get there in time for the birth of his son.  So it was seven who toasted towards the camera on each side of Vingegaard.  To his left was Sepp Kuss, who's crash almost took him out of the Tour yesterday, then Wilco Kelderman, and Dylan Van Baarle, going the other way are Nathan Van Hooydonck and Christophe Laporte.  Vingegaard may have won the Tour but he couldn't have done it without the entire team.  To prove it, the team also was the winning team in this Tour, and unusual feet for the team of the Maillot Jaune.

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Tour de France 23, Stage 8: Covering the Move

Once everyone from the break away had been caught with just over seven kilometers to go, it was time for others to see if they could escape off the front.  The first to try was Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) who was joined in the effort by the new British National Champion, Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious).  Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) wasn't having it.  It fell to the Frenchman on the Dutch team to chase down these moves in hopes that his teammate, Wout Van Aert, would be able to win the sprint to the line in Limoges.  Laporte would shortly be aided by members of Alpecin-Deceuninck in defense of their teammate in the Green Jersey, Jasper Philipsen.

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Tour de France 23, Stage 3: Stretching It Out

It was a wide relatively straight run in to what was looking like a bunch sprint to end stage 3 of this Tour de France.  With five kilometers to go, it was still a struggle to gain control of the peloton for very long.  It was a little odd to see Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos-Grenadiers) hit the front without any teammates on his wheel, it wasn't like his teammate Tom Pidcock was the right kind of sprinter for this mass dash.  On his wheel was most of Soudal-Quick Step being lead by Yves Lampearts with the rest of the peloton strung out behind.  I think it is Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) trying to slide back in line to help his sprinter, Wout Van Aert.  More about that with the final painting of the stage.

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Paris Roubaix 23: More Bad Luck

Coming out of the Forest of Arenberg Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) had a flat tire which dropped him out of the front group.  And then again, while coming out to another section of pave he had another flat.  At least this time he was able to catch back up to this chase group containing his teammate, Nathan Van Hooydonck along with Sjoerd Bax (UAE Team Emirates), Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Dstny), and Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Deceuninck). Both of the Jumbo-Visma guys were desperate to catch back up to the front group to help out their guy Wout Van Aert.  They had the problem of towing Gianni back up to his two teammates without doing any of the work to get there.  Spoiler, they never got there.  Jumbo-Visma was using an automatic inflation system in their tires, but it didn’t seem to be helping at all.  In fact, Van Aert suffered a flat near the finale which cost him the chance to vie for the win.

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Paris Roubaix 23: Ticking Off Another One

Another piece of Paris Roubaix is dealing with poorly timed mechanical problems.  As the attacks came in the Forest of Arenberg, Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) had a flat tire.  He had been there to support the team leader, who crashed out of the race.  He quickly shifted to supporting his teammate Wout Van Aert until a flat left him chasing the lead group with another teammate, Nathan Van Hooydonck.  Their chase was aided by Florian Vermeersch (Lotto-Dstny).  Each team will station their soigneurs with bidons and wheels to help their riders out at the end of each section of cobbles.

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Gent-Wevelgem 23, Men's Race: Winning Together

With 35 kilometers to race it was clear that Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) and his teammate Wout Van Aert were going to take first and second in this edition of Gent-Wevelgem, the only question was who would win and who would take second.  It was clear leading up to the final meters that the two had been having quite the conversation. I am sure it was part celebration and part how shall we come to the line in Wevelgem.  They each gestured to the other in respect and admiration.  They then clasped hands in a combined victory salute as they rolled to victory with the rest of the peloton almost two minutes behind.  It seems like they had decided between them that since Van Aert had won last weekend, this one should go to Laporte.  While the Belgium fans would have prefered a Belgium had one, it had been 25 years since a Frenchman had won, until today!  Chapeau!

It does remind me of their three man victory salute at the opening of the Tour de France either last year or the year prior.

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Gent-Wevelgem 23, Men's Race: Riding Away

Having gotten a gap on the way up the Kimmelberg, Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) and his teammate, Wout Van Aert pushed on whilst going down the other side of the climb.  The two quickly opened up just over a minute on the disorganized peloton unable to get back on terms behind.  The peloton was being frustrated by two more of this duo's teammates.  With this situation, Jumbo-Visma was in an enviable position, should Laporte and Van Aert stay away, they will win.  Should they be caught, then Nathan Van Hooydonck and Olav Kooij will be well rested and more than capable of mounting a very strong sprint for victory.  Whether this was by design or good fortune, it was sure to be a winning strategy.

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Gent=Wevelgem 23, Men's Race: You Game?

With the peloton all back together having just caught Anthony Turgis (Total Energies), it was Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) using the second time up the Kimmelberg to push the pace in hopes of dropping as many as possible.  As he looked back he found his teammate, Christophe Laporte, the only one staying with him on the slick cobbles of the fabled hill.  Surprisingly, it was the sprinter Caleb Ewan (Lotto Dstny) who was the best of the rest.  It did seem as though Ewan had a bit of trouble getting around the fading Turgis which may explain why he couldn't go with the yellow clad duo.  As I restarted the race -after painting this I began to realize that I had just painted the winning move of this edition of Gent-Wevelgem.

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Wollongong 2022, Elite Men's Road Race: The Sprint Behind

I am sure they all thought they would be sprinting for the Rainbow Jersey, but that coveted price has already crossed the line two minutes earlier.  So it was Christophe Laporte (France) taking the best of the rest sprint (and the silver medal), just nipping the Australian sprinter, Michael Matthews.  They were followed by Wout Van Aert (Belgium) - 4th, Matteo Trentin (Italy) - 5th, and the ever present (and three time Road World Champion) Peter Sagan (Slovakia) in seventh place.  I hadn't seen Sagan all day, but here he was when it mattered.  

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Tour '22, Stage 21: It's Tradition

There are a number of traditions that must be followed on the final day of the Tour on the ride to Paris.  First there are the photo ops, clowning around, a chance for everyone to talk over what they have just been through. And then finally  the Maillot Jaune's team leads the peloton onto the Champs Elysees.  Then it is time fo rthe opportunitists and the sprinters to fight it out for stage honors on the biggest cycling stage in the world  The nice touch that Jumbo-Visma brought to this moment was not only did Wout Van Aert, Jonas Vingegaard, Tiesj Benoot, Sepp Kuss, and Christophe Laporte link arms for the cameras, but they also held up the bib numbers of the three members of the team who weren't able to finish the race.  Extra special was Laport holding up Kruijswijk's number 13 upside down.  Riders will pinned this number on upside down to ward of the bad luck.  I don't think it worked this year.

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Tour '22, Stage 19: Won for France

I meant to use 'won" and not 'one' in the title.  I do love a play on words.  Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma), who is French, jumped out of the sprint trains and went off ahead of the peloton with just meters to go.  He first got onto the wheels of the remnants of the late break but then started his sprint as the lead out men behind wound it up for their sprinters.  Laporte had been leading out his team's sprinter Wout Van Aert on nearly every stage in both the intermediate sprints and in the finales that the two were there to contest.  With this win, the French finally have a win by one of their countrymen and Laporte got his chance to win a stage.  Plus I think this means the sixth win for Jumbo-Visma.  Plus the team has three of the four leaders' jerseys.  Clearly they are the dominate team despite Ineos-Grenadiers leading in the team competition by over a half hour.  In the background you can see Jasper Philipsen (Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl) who will have to settle for being the best of the rest in Cahors.

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Tour '22: In the Blink of an Eye

The Tour de France (or most any bike race) can be a very cruel mistress.  It just takes a moment of inattention, a random chance encounter with a fan (or a fan's dog) and your Tour can be over.  Today was a rough day for the team of the race leader, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).  The day started out with the announcement of the withdrawal of their original team leader Priomz Roglic.  He would be missed as a very strong support rider for the current Maillot Jaune.  Later in the stage it was Steven Kruijswijk going down in a three bike crash and breaking his collarbone.  That clearly meant that he left the stage in an ambulance, and with that left the Tour as well.  Not even twenty kilometers later, it was Christophe Laporte and the yellow clad Jonas Vingegaard going down in a small down along the course.  Both were able to get back underway but it was just a vivid example of just how quickly one's Tour can be over, even for the guy leading the race.

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Tour '22, Stage 8: Thanks Again

Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) reaches out to thank his teammate, and lead out man, Christophe Laporte after taking the best of the rest in the intermediate sprint.  While there are three guys up the road he still extended his lead over Fabio Jakobsen (Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl), his closest competitor for taking the Maillot Vert all the way to Paris.  Not only his Laporte putting him in the right place to win the sprint, he also is smart and quick enough to out sprint Jakobsen allowing his teammate to increase his lead by even more points.

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Tour '22, Stage 7: Well, That Went Well

Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) was laughing with Wout Van Aert as Van Aert added more to his sprint points in his bid to carry the Maillot Vert all of the way to Paris.  Behind the duo Fabio Jakobsen (Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl) hung his head in his failed attempt to get around the Belgium.  He may be embarassed that he failed to follow the wheel of his lead out man Michael Morkov.  The pair are not quite in sync yet.  I have been struggling to figure out how to paint this awful Tour jersey of Jumbo-Visma.  I do think Laporte's jersey is just about spot on.  Good thing I have figured it out because I will be painting that team most every stage going forward as they fight to unseat the Maillot Jaune.

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