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Christophe Laporte (France) secured a hard-fought victory to win the elite males’s street race title on the UEC Street European Championships.
The Frenchman attacked with 12km to go and narrowly held off a three-rider cost from behind led by Wout van Aert (Belgium).
As Van Aert reconnected with Laporte’s again wheel within the closing metres, the 2 sprinted for the road, with Laporte holding on for the win atop the Col du Vam. Olav Kooij (Netherlands) completed third, and Arnaud De Lie (Belgium) fourth.
“It is onerous to consider,” Laporte stated later. “It was a loopy closing. I felt good and I believed, ‘Okay, if I’m going to the dash with guys like [Arnaud] De Lie and Wout [Van Aert] will probably be onerous to win. I attempted and it labored.”
“It was extra by coronary heart as a result of it’s onerous to foretell a race like this, and I did not suppose a lot. I simply fought. It is loopy to win a jersey like this. It is onerous to consider. I’ve to present this victory to my French group and my household. I additionally consider Nathan [Van Hooydonck]. I feel he might be comfortable to see me on this jersey.”
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