Christophe Laporte (; born 11 December 1992) is a French professional cyclist who rides for

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. A sprinter and classics rider, Laporte has taken more than 30 victories during his professional career, including wins in 2023 at

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

Dwars door Vlaanderen ''Dwars door Vlaanderen'' ('Across Flanders') is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI Wor ...

and the road race at the

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. He has also won a stage at the

2022 Tour de France The 2022 Tour de France was the 109th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1 July 2022 and ended with the final stage on the Champs-Élysées, Paris on 24 July 2022. Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard () won the General clas ...

, a silver medal in the road race at the

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and a bronze medal in the road race at the

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Career

Born in

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, Laporte rode for the VS Hyérois and AVC Aix-en-Provence teams as an amateur. In 2012, he rode for

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as a stagiaire, and the following year, he won a silver medal in the road race at the

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Cofidis (2014–2021)

2014–2017

Laporte turned professional with the team in 2014, with his best result in his first season with the team being a sixth-place finish at

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. The following year, and after third-place finishes at

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and the Grand Prix de Wallonie, Laporte took his first professional victory at October's

Tour de Vendée Tour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in October (Previously May) in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the ...

, winning a bunch sprint in

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. Laporte also made his first start at the

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, with his best result being a seventh-place finish on stage fifteen. At the

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, Laporte was expected to support

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in the sprints, however Bouhanni was ruled out of the race due to an injury suffered in a hotel altercation prior to the

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. Laporte went on to take six top-ten stage finishes at the race, with his best being fifth on two occasions. He was involved in an altercation with Asbjørn Kragh Andersen at the Tour du Poitou-Charentes, with both riders being penalised one minute in the general classification and fined 200

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s. The following year, he repeated his Tour de Vendée victory – this time with a solo attack, from the finish in La Roche-sur-Yon.

2018

At the end of the 2017 season, Cédric Vasseur replaced as general manager, and with this management change, Laporte had a breakout 2018 season. In his first two starts of the season, Laporte won a stage and finished second overall at the

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, before winning two stages and the points classification at the Tour La Provence. He finished within the lead group, in fourth place, at

, before taking his fourth win of the season at

Tro-Bro Léon Tro-Bro Léon ( or ''The'' ''Hipsters’ Paris—Roubaix''; ) is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984 as an amateur race before becoming a professional race since 2000. The race was establi ...

, attacking from the finish in

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. At May's

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, Laporte won the third stage – a

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– and assumed the overall race lead, before ceding it the next day. Laporte then won a stage at the

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a UCI race classifications, 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the UCI World Tour, World Tour, by the ...

the following week, and as a result, he was chosen as the main sprinter for for the

, ahead of

. His best result at the race was a runner-up finish to

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on stage 18 in Pau. He was selected for the French team to ride at the UEC European Championships in

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, but failed to finish the race. His best results over the remainder of the season were second place at the

Grand Prix d'Isbergues Grand Prix d'Isbergues is a professional cycle road race held in Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which ...

in September, and third place at

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in October.

2019–2021

Laporte started the 2019 season with the overall victory at the

, along with two stage victories and the points classification. After a lean spring which saw no further victories, Laporte's next victories came at June's

, when he won the opening prologue and stage one. He held the race lead for a further day before withdrawing from the race on the penultimate day due to illness. Having withdrawn from the

prior to the first rest day, on stage eight, Laporte took his second general classification win of the year at the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where he also won three stages. Towards the end of the season, Laporte recorded second-place finishes at the

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two-man

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event – with Anthony Perez – and the

, as well as a third-place finish at the

. With the 2020 season largely effected by the

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, Laporte went winless, as his best finish of the year was a fourth-place stage finish on stage seven at the

. Laporte started the 2021 season with a block of racing in France, which included a stage win and the points classification at the

. He finished second at

, leading home the peloton behind solo winner

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, and it was not until May and the

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for Laporte to take his second win of the season. He was designated as the main sprinter for at the

, however his best stage result at the race came on stage 19 – second behind

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– when he featured as part of the breakaway. Following the Tour de France, Laporte won the opening stage of August's

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and the Grand Prix de Wallonie one-day race in September, before taking his first top-ten finish at one of the

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s with sixth at

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in October.

Team Jumbo–Visma (2022–present)

After eight years with , Laporte signed an initial two-year contract to join from the 2022 season.

2022

Having taken an eighth-place finish in his first start at

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

, Laporte took his first victory for the team – and his first win at

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level – on the opening stage of

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; Laporte capitalised on the tempo set by teammate Nathan Van Hooydonck on the Côte de Breuil-Bois-Robert, bringing

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and

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with him and the trio worked together to hold off the peloton on the final into

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. At the

E3 Saxo Bank Classic E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...

, Laporte and Van Aert again found themselves in an attacking move, having dropped their rivals on the Paterberg with around left; they remained clear into

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, with Van Aert ultimately winning in the driekleur trikot. Two days later, Laporte forced the decisive move at

, attacking with remaining with three other riders; the quartet stayed clear at the front, where Laporte was outsprinted to the finish line by

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. With Van Aert testing positive for

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prior to the

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, Laporte was one of the team's joint-leaders along with

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, and ultimately finished in ninth place. 2022 Tour of Denmark - Final podium

At the

, Laporte was a key part of Van Aert's sprint lead-outs that would ultimately result in Van Aert taking the

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at the race. Having taken a third-place stage finish on stage four, Laporte also spent stages ten and eleven in breakaways and was involved in some of the pace-making on the latter, that resulted in teammate

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definitively taking the yellow jersey. Laporte would ultimately take a stage victory, on stage 19, jumping across to the breakaway in the closing kilometres and pushed on during the uphill sprint in

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, beating

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to the line. He then won the

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, winning the final stage of the race to overhaul Magnus Sheffield for the general classification, and he also won the points classification. Having been selected for the French team for the road race at the

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in Australia, Laporte led home the sprint behind the winner

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, taking the silver medal as a result. He concluded his season with victory at Binche–Chimay–Binche, having attacked with

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with approximately remaining, before dropping Tiller in the closing stages.

2023

Having finished third in his first start of the season at February's

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, Laporte won two consecutive starts in four days the following month. At

and Laporte attacked on the

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with remaining, staying clear of the field into

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– but unlike the previous year's E3 Saxo Bank Classic, it was Laporte that prevailed for France's first win at the race since

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. Laporte then won

after a late solo attack from the lead group that he had bridged to a couple of kilometres earlier. After a tenth-place finish at

– following two punctures, including one suffered on the

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– Laporte signed a three-year contract extension with , extending his contract until the end of the 2026 season. In his final start in preparation for the

, Laporte took the opening stage of the

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after catching Rune Herregodts, the sole remaining breakaway rider, just before the line in Chambon-sur-Lac. Having held the leader's jersey through the next stage of the race, Laporte then won the third stage in a sprint finish in Le Coteau. He would ultimately cede the jersey following the fourth stage, an

, but held onto the points classification lead for the remainder of the race. Laporte Van Baarle tdf23stage20

At the Tour de France, Laporte played a part in a second consecutive overall victory for

, with his best individual stage finish being sixth on stage nineteen when he was part of the breakaway. Following his silver medal in

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, Laporte was seen to be a leading contender for the road race at the

in Scotland, but he did not finish. After a sixth-place finish at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec the following month, Laporte then won the road race at the

, managing to fend off a small group of riders – including trade teammates Van Aert and Olav Kooij – following a solo move in

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. He then completed the season with three top-six finishes at the Famenne Ardenne Classic (fourth), the

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(fifth) and

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(sixth). For his performances in 2023, Laporte was the winner of the

Vélo d'Or français The Vélo d'Or français (French for "French Golden Bicycle") is a road bicycle racing, cycle racing award, created in 1992 by the French cycling magazine ''Vélo Magazine''. Until 2023, the award was given to the French rider, male or female, consi ...

as the best French road rider of the season and received the Trophée Bernard Hinault in October.

2024

Laporte started the season with three top-ten finishes in his first three starts, with a best of fourth at

, but was ruled out of attempting to defend his 2023 victory at

. Laporte was drafted into 's

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team – to make his first start at the race – working as a lead-out rider for Olav Kooij, following injuries suffered by

during the spring classics. Laporte abandoned the race prior to the eighth stage, with Kooij following suit prior to stage ten. Following the

, Laporte formed part of the

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team for the road race at the Paris Olympics. With compatriot

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in front, Laporte remained within a small group that would ultimately contest the bronze medal behind

and Madouas. Laporte won the sprint to claim the bronze medal, as Madouas and Laporte took France's first medals in the event since Arnaud Geyre's silver medal in

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Career achievements

Major results

Source: ;2012 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Moselle : 5th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2013 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de la Manche : 2nd Silver medal blank

Road race,

: 5th Road race,

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: 6th

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: 7th

Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo The Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Un ...

;2014 : 6th

;2015 (1 pro win) : 1st

: 3rd

: 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie : 9th Overall

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...

;2016 : 6th

;2017 (1) : 1st

: 5th

: 7th Overall

: 8th Overall

;2018 (6) : 1st

: Tour La Provence ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 3 ( ITT)

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 2nd

: 3rd

: 4th

: 5th

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;2019 (9) : 1st Jersey white

Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 ( ITT) : 1st Jersey orange

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 ( ITT) :

::1st Prologue & Stage 1 : 2nd

: 2nd

(with Anthony Perez) : 3rd

: 6th Grand Prix de Wallonie : 9th

;2021 (4) : 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie : 1st

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 1

: 2nd

: 5th

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, National Road Championships : 6th

: 7th

Eschborn–Frankfurt Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual Classic cycle races, semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand ...

: 9th

;2022 (5) : 1st Jersey cyan

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 5 : 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche : 1st Stage 19

: 1st Stage 1

: 2nd

Road race,

: 2nd

: 8th

: 9th

;2023 (5) : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Road race,

: 1st

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 3rd

: 4th Famenne Ardenne Classic : 5th

: 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec : 6th

: 6th

: 10th

;2024 (1) : 1st

: 3rd

Road race,

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: 3rd Elfstedenrace : 4th Overall Renewi Tour : 4th

: 5th

: 9th Road race,

: 10th

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championships timeline

Awards

In October 2023, Laporte was announced as the winner of the

as the best French road rider of the season and received the Trophée Bernard Hinault.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laporte, Christophe 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from La Seyne-sur-Mer Cyclists from Var (department) French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in cycling Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Danmark Rundt winners Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in cycling Olympic bronze medalists for France 21st-century French sportsmen Olympic cyclists for France