Laporte breaks French Tour jinx as Vingegaard closes in
Christophe Laporte won stage 19 of the Tour de France to end the French wait for a home victory as the sprinters were again denied the chance to contest the honours.
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Christophe Laporte won stage 19 of the Tour de France to end the French wait for a home victory as the sprinters were again denied the chance to contest the honours.
Christophe Laporte became the first Frenchman to win on this year's Tour de France, taking stage 19 at Cahors on Friday, as Jonas Vingegaard maintained his race lead over defending champion Tadej Pogacar with just two days left.
Christophe Laporte won stage 19 of the Tour de France after holding off the pursuing peloton in the Boulevard Leon Gambetta in Cahors.
Frenchman Christophe Laporte won Stage 19 of the Tour de France, a 188.3km ride from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors. Jonas Vingegaard (Team Jumbo–Visma) finished safely in the bunch and has a 3'21" lead over Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) in the general classification.
CALAIS, France: Belgian rider Wout van Aert won the hilly fourth stage of the Tour de France and extended his overall lead after attacking strongly on the day’s final climb on Tuesday.
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was left red-faced after celebrating winning a sprint on Stage 4 at the Tour de France, only to discover it was a race for second place. The Belgian triumphantly roared after crossing the finish line ahead of Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) and Alexander Kristoff (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux). Ad/> But there was a problem.
Jumbo-Visma’s Wout Van Aert took the honours in Stage 4 of the Tour de France to consolidate his overall lead on Tuesday.
Riders usually savour a Tour de France stage win for hours but Jasper Philipsen's celebration lasted only a couple of seconds on Tuesday.