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Vacek: “As a team we did it perfectly”

Mathias Vacek (Lidl - Trek): “I’m pretty satisfied, although I was second. In the end it was a fight between me and [Christophe] Laporte. It was 50-50, we worked together pretty well. I think in the end it was just whoever had the better sprint and he managed to beat me. Tactically as a team we did it perfectly, with Mads [Pedersen] attacking a bit earlier in the...

Laporte: “I almost didn't hope for this victory”

Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike): "I'm very happy, I almost didn't hope for this victory anymore. I haven't won since the European Championships last year. I didn't manage to win in the European champion's jersey unfortunately, it wasn't an easy year. I have the small satisfaction of the Olympic Games [3rd], the big satisfaction I want to say. I hadn't won, the...

Sweet victory for Laporte

In the 118th edition of Paris-Tours it was Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) who took a classy victory in front of the fans on the Avenue de Grammont, outsprinting young Czech rider Mathias Vacek (Lidl - Trek) to the line. That pair had made it to the front of the race towards the end of the gruelling ride through the hills and vineyard paths en route to Tours...

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The 118th edition of Paris-Tours, which will start on Sunday in Chartres, offers a 213.8 km course including eight climbs and ten gravel sectors in the last 67 kilometres. The event will feature in 2 hours and 20 minutes of television coverage, with the live broadcast starting at 3pm. Several world class sprinters and Flemish classics specialists are on the...

"I hope we can play with the laws of physics"

You defeated Jasper Philipsen to win Binche–Chimay–Binche in style last Tuesday. How would you rate your form going into Paris–Tours?

It was a jolt of confidence. I'd been feeling a bit under the weather since the Grand Prix de Wallonie two weeks ago. I was having a hard time shaking it off, so I was quite apprehensive in the run-up to Binche–Chimay–Binche....

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Philipsen and Pedersen... and even more !

There are plenty of good reasons to throw everything you've got into the battle for a victory in Tours that will make your record look good when it comes time to compile your annual results. The results are never good enough for sprinters and classic chasers, who are more often than not subjected to emotional ups and downs as the weeks go by in the peloton. Jasper Philipsen,...

On track for glory

The Paris-Tours classic has been on the calendar since 1896. In 1951, it moved to its current late-season slot, which gives it a special flavour. The classics specialists who made the headlines in Belgium and northern France back in spring have now got their sights trained on the finish line on Avenue de Grammont, in front of Tours City Hall, in the hopes of adding the finishing...

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