{"id":192396,"date":"2023-03-27T11:11:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=192396"},"modified":"2023-03-27T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:11:14","slug":"christophe-laporte-on-gent-wevelgem-wout-asked-me-if-i-wanted-to-win-its-incredible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2023\/03\/27\/christophe-laporte-on-gent-wevelgem-wout-asked-me-if-i-wanted-to-win-its-incredible\/","title":{"rendered":"Christophe Laporte on Gent-Wevelgem: &#8220;Wout asked me if I wanted to win. It&#8217;s incredible\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A stunning one-two at Gent-Wevelgem for Jumbo-Visma! Christophe Laporte and Wout van Aert dominated the race with solo to the finish after an attack on the Kemmelberg with 50 kilometres to go.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jumbo-Visma continue their domination of cobbled classics after a one-two at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, a one-three at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, and Van Aert&#8217;s win at the E3 Saxo Classic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GW23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GW23<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%F0%9D%90%AC%F0%9D%90%9A%F0%9D%90%A6%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%A7%F0%9D%90%B0%F0%9D%90%A2%F0%9D%90%A7%F0%9D%90%A7%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%A7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc30\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FIT9TqzDN0\">pic.twitter.com\/FIT9TqzDN0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vismaleaseabike\/status\/1640020848282157062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Laporte and van Aert went clear and despite the best of efforts to bring them back in, they only increased their advantage until it became apparent they\u2019d win it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We decided we&#8217;d take it to the finish,&#8221; Laporte said. &#8220;Wout asked me if I wanted to win. It&#8217;s incredible. It&#8217;s a pleasure. This has happened only once before in my career. I want to thank Wout for everything. I&#8217;ve never won a Classic before, and now I&#8217;m so proud. I think of my family and my little boy \u2013 it has taken so much sacrifice to get to this point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was still 50km to go when we attacked. We made a lot of efforts together. We did everything to go to the finish together. It was hard for me to follow Wout. It was just incredible to be with him, and I&#8217;m so proud to do so much of it with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian superstar worked hard for the Frenchman and even waiting for him on the last ascent of the Kemmelberg.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just rode full on until the last 8-10km, maybe,&#8221; Van Aert said after the finish. &#8220;Then we were quite sure we had the victory. I won on Friday, and my eyes are on the races that are coming. Christophe also had a difficult start to the season with a sickness, and he&#8217;s such a team player that it was an easy decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s incredible. Only a few days ago, we talked about the 2022 E3 Saxo Bank Classic, and we said to each other that we should realise it&#8217;ll probably never happen again. Only a few days later, we&#8217;ve done exactly the same thing. It&#8217;s hard to believe that it&#8217;s possible at this high level, but I think it&#8217;s all the hard work coming together, and it&#8217;s such a nice feeling to do this together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sep Vanmarcke (Israel-Premier Tech) proved the quickest of the chasers and rounded up the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Will Jumbo-Visma continue to dominate? What do you think?<\/p>\n<h4>2023 \u2013 Gent-Wevelgem results<\/h4>\n<p>1. Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) &#8211; 05:49:39<br \/>\n2. Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) + 00<br \/>\n3. Sep Vanmarcke (Israel-Premier Tech) + 01:56<br \/>\n4. 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