The Jumbo-Visma winning streak continues as Christophe Laporte grabbed a solo win at stage 19. The stage was held at Cahors, on Friday, 22nd July.
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With just one kilometer left to the finish line, Laporte attacked the trio, including Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), Jasper Stuyven (Trek–Segafredo) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck). He took a solo victory, which was quite obvious by now, breaking away from the trio.
The win makes Christophe Laporte a first stage winner of french origin at the Tour 2022. The win has surely saddened the sprinters, as Castelnau-Magnoac presented itself with many oppertunities for the seeking.
Laporte, still surprised by his remarkable win, talked to the media:
I still can’t believe I’ve won,The team really trusted me today and Wout told me that today was for me after we had a great Tour.
He talked about their implied strategy as a team:
Our first goal was to make sure Vingegaard was safe with three kilometers to go. Then just before entering the last kilometer I saw that there was a gap and I made the jump to the front group. I can’t believe I could finish it off
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Results
| POS | RIDER | TEAM | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christophe Laporte | Jumbo-Visma | 03:52:04 |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 01 |
| 3 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | + 01 |
| 4 | Florian Sénéchal | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | + 01 |
| 5 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | + 01 |
| 6 | Amaury Capiot | Team Arkéa-Samsic | + 01 |
| 7 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team BikeExchange-Jayco | + 01 |
| 8 | Hugo Hofstetter | Team Arkéa-Samsic | + 01 |
| 9 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange-Jayco | + 01 |
| 10 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | + 01 |
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