Laporte Discussion Thread - The Greatest?

[Netserk]

Kudos to Laporte! He destroyed some of the world's best climbers like Yates x 2, Vlasov, Quintana, Almeida etc. on a 1 km @ 6% climb. Imagine what he could do on a tougher climb. The only two riders able to follow Laporte yesterday was Roglic and Van Aert and both of them just conceded and gave him an ovation instead of even trying to beat him in the sprint. Impressive stuff!

Before yesterday, I'd have him ahead of those on a climb like Cauberg, and with the positioning and bit of crosswinds just before even more so.

 

[Netserk]

Too generous again.

 

[tobydawq]

It must have been so, so tempting just to push yourself forward there.

Admittedly, quite a short-sighted strategy.

 

[SafeBet]

It's the big masterplan to convince Wout and the DS he will keep working as a domestique, but come De Ronde he will drop the hammer down and say goodbye all with 100 km to go.

 

[AlfaLum]

This guy is such a good super domestique. He even pretends to be suffering just so people get the idea that his captain is actually better than him.

 

[johnymax]

Imagine if Laporte was on Jumbo Visma for as long as Wout has been. He would have really been the greatest of all time. He would have been gifting stages to Wout like today, but not because it was a home race for Wout in a Belgian champion jersey like McEwen suggested. But because he would have already won so many bigger races by now, he could have care less of another E3 trophy. Nibali would have been a season ticket holder to Laporte's trophy cabinet.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Ilmaestro must be bummed that he dropped his Laporte profile to troll Masnada instead now lol.

 

[tobydawq]

This guy is such a good super domestique. He even pretends to be suffering just so people get the idea that his captain is actually better than him.

You think he is better than Van Aert?

 

[AlfaLum]

You think he is better than Van Aert?

Of course. He is the greatest no?

 

[tobydawq]

Of course. He is the greatest no?

In 2017, sure.

 

[RedheadDane]

In 2017, sure.

Always!

 

[AlfaLum]

In 2017, sure.

Laporte has improved since then. The way he lets others win is much more impressive nowadays.

And he is also still finishing ahead of Sagan.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

He saw the significance of Girmay winning for cycling history and made sure to finish second. Truly the greatest.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Can't wait to see who he gifts de ronde to.

wtf was that acceleration onto the front at 1km . You have WVA on the bunch.

 

[Tim Cahill]

He's crazy strong, but Horner is going to go f*cking mental

 

[sir fly]

Really strong sprint and excellent shape.
Beaten by a more natural finisher, yet beat Stuyven.

 

[cen]

What a change of a team can make, the guy is flying. So far a perfect fit for Jumbo.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Can't wait to see who he gifts de ronde to.

wtf was that acceleration onto the front at 1km . You have WVA on the bunch.

It was to tire himself out more so he knew 100% that Girmay would pass him.

 

[Blanco]

Can't wait to see who he gifts de ronde to.

wtf was that acceleration onto the front at 1km . You have WVA on the bunch.

Well, you saw how that sprint worked out for Van Aert...

 

[johnymax]

Bump.
Next season going for green!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Question finally answered; it's yes!

 

[RedheadDane]

Saving the Tour for France.

 

[Laporte17]

Could've won 3 jerseys himself but decided to gift them to teammates once again, looks like he'll finish this tour off with an easy hat trick of stage wins though without even trying.

 

[tobydawq]

Saving the Tour for France.

For his team?

 

[Red Rick]

I believe his generosity in today will know no bounds. He will not even crash to give speculation about who would have won