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The French Christophe Laporte This Sunday he was proclaimed European cross-country cycling road champion by winning the test held between Assen and the Col du VAM and 199.8 kilometers of course in a heart-stopping finale in which he withstood the final attack of the Belgian Wout van Aert.

Christophe Laporte, 30 years old and part of the powerful Jumbo-Visma team, already has 31 victories as a professional. He is the first Frenchman to win the continental title. He succeeds the Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen in history.

The La Seyne-sur-Mer corridor He rode the last 12 kilometers alone and withstood the comeback of the trio led by Wout Van Aert in the final meters to seal the first French victory in the test created in 2016. bronze It has been for the Dutch Olav Kooij.

Nine weeks ago Laporte He had to abandon the road race at the World Championships. This Sunday he took revenge in a heart-stopping finale in which he lost a lot of ground on the last cobblestone climb.

When Van Aert had already reached him and it seemed that he was going to deprive him of the victory, Laporte responded, took out the last breath of strength he had left and won the finish line, relegating Van Aert to the second position.

Imanol Erviti He has entered 40th place at 4:16 minutes.

Classification

1 – LAPORTE Christophe (France) 4:15:50

2 – VAN AERT Wout (Belgium) mt

3 – KOOIJ Olav (Netherlands) mt

4 – DE LIE Arnaud (Belgium) mt

5 – TEUNISSEN Mike (Netherlands) +0:08

6 – TILLER Rasmus (Norway) mt

7 – PEDERSEN Mads (Denmark) +0:13

8 – DEGENKOLB John (Germany) +0:14

9 – KRON Andreas (Denmark) +0:39

10 – SÉNÉCHAL Florian (France) +0:40

Source: Eitb

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