I wouldn't want this win if I was Laporte. Wout works pretty much the whole time and dropped him on the cobbles. It would be a farce.
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Seems like WvA will gift the win...!
Easy win. A full bike length.Hopefully Laporte to win the sprint.
well i didn't expect that gift.
Good for Laporte and nice of his teammate to share the success.
This aged well.lol
Not gifting big races to inferior riders to keep them happy (does Laporte not get paid?) is not being a good DS? You think big champions generally give away races of this calibre to keep their domestiques happy? looool
It's not a gift, he just didn't contest the sprint. ;-)Seems like WvA will gift the win...!