Laporte Discussion Thread - The Greatest?

[toolittle]

Today I discovered this forum and from the calibre of the website, was expecting enlightened discussion of the world's best riders, however I was thoroughly disappointed to discover that this forum was behind the times and is still yet to discover that Christophe Laporte is in fact a cyclist of greater quality than Peter Sagan, which is thoroughly proved by his dominating performance in beating Sagan by over 2 minutes on the Ventoux stage of last year's Tour de France.

Laporte has also bested Peter Sagan on many an occasion and is often willing to sacrifice his own chances for lesser racers, such as supporting Bouhanni to many wins out of his pure kindness, on top of that he took an excellent victory in the Tour of Vendee 2015 against a high calibre field, against which he dominated and proved that he is in actuality one of the greatest cyclists of our time. So I have decided to grace this forum with a thread to discuss the great - Christophe Laporte!

At 30, Chistophe Laporte is going to beat Peter Sagan at 30.

 

[tobydawq]

At 30, Chistophe Laporte is going to beat Peter Sagan at 30.

It's quite wild how the Laporte/Sagan dynamics have changed since the inception of this thread. I guess it opened Laporte's eyes to his potential.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Should we start calling him "The Greediest"?

 

[tobydawq]

Should we start calling him "The Greediest"?

Yes.

 

[toolittle]

Well at least somebody is proud of someone and i'm glad he is happy for it.


If Van Aert wanted to win, he could have dropped Laporte 50k from the line and there would have been no 2 way sprint. Please stop with this farce.

Any thought after Laporte today solo win?

 

[jmdirt]

That's how to win CL!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Any thought after Laporte today solo win?

Yes, i'm very disappointed he didn't gift it to Benoot.

 

[cen]

Effortless

 

[Tonton]

After all the gift discussions, he must have felt differently than usual at the start of the race...and bingo! Bravo Christophe! That was the best scenario today, for me, only Laporte gifting it to Wout would have been better. Chapeau Christophe!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

After all the gift discussions, he must have felt differently than usual at the start of the race...and bingo! Bravo Christophe! That was the best scenario today, for me, only Laporte gifting it to Wout would have been better. Chapeau Christophe!

Laporte has said in a interview after his DDV win, that he would also like to win Roubaix. Would love to see Van Aert's face if Laporte was actually able to win it before Van Aert. I'd make a poster of it and put it above my bed.

 

[toolittle]

Laporte has said in a interview after his DDV win, that he would also like to win Roubaix. Would love to see Van Aert's face if Laporte was actually able to win it before Van Aert. I'd make a poster of it and put it above my bed.

The greatest has won 2 WT classics in 4 days. I bet the greatest will gift Tour de flanders or Paris Roubaix to his teammate after smashed the pleleton.

 

[Netserk]

Not a bad season so far.

Will he be the French captain in Glasgow?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Laporte has said in a interview after his DDV win, that he would also like to win Roubaix.

This was actually a secret message to his teammate ("One more gift please, Mr Wout").

 

[KZD]

Not a bad season so far.

Will he be the French captain in Glasgow?

The way Laporte has been riding since joining Jumbo, I actually rate him as third favourite behind Van der Poel and Van Aert so he should be the French leader with perhaps Alaphilippe as co-leader if he improves.

 

[tobydawq]

I think so too. And let's not forget that he actually did win the silver medal in Wollongong, so it's not like it would be particularly controversial (unless Alaphilippe really finds his best level again).

 

[Bolder]

The way Laporte has been riding since joining Jumbo, I actually rate him as third favourite behind Van der Poel and Van Aert so he should be the French leader with perhaps Alaphilippe as co-leader if he improves.

Only if Wout changes citizenship and rides for him! (kidding, he's looking really sharp and France should think hard about making him a protected rider.)

I'm a huge JuJu fan but he's had a shocker of the past 18 months. If he can get it together Glasgow is the kind of course he should excel at.

 

[Sandisfan]

Well isn't there the lesson from Italy the one thing holding Italians back in the WC's is the Italian Team LOL would that also apply to the French team After all Sagan won his WCs (figuratively speaking) without a team.

 

[tobydawq]

Well isn't there the lesson from Italy the one thing holding Italians back in the WC's is the Italian Team LOL would that also apply to the French team After all Sagan won his WCs (figuratively speaking) without a team.

I think the Italian team in the mid 2000's showed that that had ceased to be a problem with Bettini's and Ballan's wins. I know it's a while since they last won but I don't think that's to do with bad team dynamics. In 2019, you could say they even rode a bit too uniformly given that it would have been better to have Moscon to play with in the final rather than sacrificing him to set up Trentin's sure sprint win.

 

[yaco]

In the last five years, Italy had performed brilliantly in major championships - Cohesive team tactics have given their leaders every possible opportunity.

 

[tobydawq]

In the last five years, Italy had performed brilliantly in major championships - Cohesive team tactics have given their leaders every possible opportunity.

Yes, I forgot that they won the European Championships four years in a row - I was only thinking about WC.

 

[SafeBet]

They've almost always played their cards right but never had the right man to finish the job. I only question their tactics in Australia last year, they should have had somebody else on Remco's wheel.

 

[Red Rick]

"Laporte is the #1 favorite for the World Championships"

~ Dylan van Baarle

 

[Valv.Piti]

"Laporte is the #1 favorite for the World Championships"

~ Dylan van Baarle

Lul

He's a top 5-10 favorite that I wouldn't at all be surprised by if he won, but no, he's definitely not the favorite even though MVDP and WVA haven't lit TdF up.

 

[RedheadDane]

"Laporte is the #1 favorite for the World Championships"

~ Dylan van Baarle

It's obviously a plot to make everyone focus on Laporte, so VDP can sneak away.

 

[tobydawq]

Today I discovered this forum and from the calibre of the website, was expecting enlightened discussion of the world's best riders, however I was thoroughly disappointed to discover that this forum was behind the times and is still yet to discover that Christophe Laporte is in fact a cyclist of greater quality than Peter Sagan, which is thoroughly proved by his dominating performance in beating Sagan by over 2 minutes on the Ventoux stage of last year's Tour de France.

Laporte has also bested Peter Sagan on many an occasion and is often willing to sacrifice his own chances for lesser racers, such as supporting Bouhanni to many wins out of his pure kindness, on top of that he took an excellent victory in the Tour of Vendee 2015 against a high calibre field, against which he dominated and proved that he is in actuality one of the greatest cyclists of our time. So I have decided to grace this forum with a thread to discuss the great - Christophe Laporte!

Now he is officially Europe's best bike rider.