Christophe Laporte

Follow all the action during the week-long Tour de France primer across the French Alps.

Jumbo-Visma secures early GC lead after Laporte sprints past daylong breakaway rider Herregodts in heartbreaker finale.

Early attack containing Alexander Kristoff almost makes it to the finish.

The big yellow machine rolls into Dwars door Vlaanderen as favorites even with Van Aert and Van Baarle resting up for Tour of Flanders.

Two of Belgium's biggest names agree they would have never given away a race as prestigious as Gent-Wevelgem. 'I wouldn't have done it,' says Merckx.

The Belgian could play kingmaker in Sunday's soggy showdown Gent-Wevelgem, but did he make the right call? Our editors debate the question.

Van Aert blows up race over the Kemmelberg in another spectacle just one week ahead of Tour of Flanders.

Here's what three of Jumbo-Visma's classics heavyweights said after Laporte brings home team one-two in Wevelgem.

Van Aert attacks at 53km to go and pulls Laporte to victory as team hits hard in road toward Tour of Flanders.

Laporte after another victory: 'I never expected the season to turn out so successful.'

Former sport director of Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault defends ear-piece ban: 'Long live the competitions without headsets, at least we see a show.'

The UCI said adjustments will be made in future editions of the worlds following complaints in Wollongong.

Double defending champion finishes three minutes back as French teammate Laporte scores silver behind Evenepoel: 'The strongest won'

Evenepoel doubles up Vuelta a España title with barnstorming ride into rainbow bands as Van Aert, Alaphilippe, Pogačar miss the key move.

'We are not racing to make someone lose, but for the French team to win,' says French national team coach Thomas Voeckler.

The recent winner of GP de Québec will give Julian Alaphilippe an important wingman in Sunday's elite men's road race.

Sole French stage winner of Tour de France hits back at cynics questioning team's yellow jersey dominance.

The last time Wout van Aert told Laporte that the day was for him was at Paris-Nice, and what a day that was. Today was even better.

Attackers seek to deny the sprinters on faster, flatter day in race.

Here's where things stand in the races for yellow, green, white, and KoM jerseys after 19 stages of this year's Tour.

The Frenchman jumped out of the bunch in the final kilometer to steal an impressive solo win.

The Jumbo-Visma rider secures France's first win at the 2022 Tour de France.

From van Baarle to van der Poel, we highlight the key riders to watch in Sunday's final spring classic of the season.

Christophe Laporte suffered an untimely crash and Tiesj Benoot was gapped in closing kilometers of De Ronde

VeloNews picks out 10 riders to keep an eye out for in the second monument of the men's spring classics campaign.

Jumbo-Visma uncertain if Belgian star will race Tour of Flanders, while Trek-Segafredo confirms US rider will not start.

Van Aert cools his engine while Pogačar plans to test cobblestone capacity at Wednesday's race: ‘It’s a bit of a step into the unknown.’

Eritrean star sprints out of back of four-rider group to take breakout win at 21 years of age.

Transfer season pickups are quickly paying dividends for Jumbo-Visma.

Wout van Aert and the Dutch squad look unbeatable going into the major cobblestone monuments after E3 Saxo Bank Classic domination.

The Jumbo-Visma rider becomes the first Belgian champion in 59 years to win the Belgian one-day race.

Christophe Laporte and Wout van Aert go clear at 40km to go after van Aert forces decisive selections with two huge moves.

Kate Wagner picks apart the key moments from a gripping edition of the 'Race to the Sun'.

Grischa Nierman says that his team’s top three finish on first stage was more satisfying than their second podium sweep in Paris-Nice’s Montluçon time trial.

Another day of tough racing as the yellow jersey hits the deck and McNulty loses time.

Fabio Jakobsen wins stage 3 as Jumbo-Visma holds on to the top three general classification spots with Laporte retaining his yellow jersey.

Jakobsen beats Wout van Aert to the line with Christophe Laporte finishing in third to retain his race lead.

It was a perfect day for Jumbo-Visma with Laporte, Van Aert and Roglič sweeping the podium.

‘Christophe Laporte deserved this win because he was super strong,’ said Wout van Aert after Jumbo-Visma trio smashed Paris-Nice opener.

Christophe Laporte took the Paris-Nice race lead in dramatic style as teammate Primož Roglič gained an early advantage on his rivals.

The former classics specialist watched ‘opening weekend’ and shared his exclusive thoughts on the dominance of Jumbo-Visma and the tough questions facing Quick-Step.

New Jumbo-Visma signings Christophe Laporte and Tiesj Benoot shine at 'opening weekend.'

Escape trio reeled in within meters of the line as race comes down to bunch sprint, with Caleb Ewan finishing second.

A delayed start to summer that includes Tour de France, Olympics, world championships and Paris-Roubaix may be best bad news van Aert ever had.

With the win, the Lotto Soudal rider assumes the lead of the general classification.

Christophe Laporte of Cofidis adds two seconds to his general classification lead.

Multiple crashes complicated the final 5 kilometers of the race which saw top teams take to the start.