Cycling: Jasper Philipsen Creates Surprise by Winning Ghent-Wevelgem, Christophe Laporte on the Podium

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For a long time in the lead alongside Wout Van Aert, Mathieu Van der Poel has not managed to win Ghent-Wevelgem, a race that is still missing in his rankings. It is his team-mate Jasper Philipsen who wins the Flandrian classic.

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Christophe Laporte was back on the roads of Ghent-Wevelgem on Sunday, where he had won one of his most beautiful classics in 2023. The Belgian race has changed its name since this year ("In Flanders Fields – From Middelkerke to Wevelgem", now), but the Frenchman was again able to play the victory in West Flanders. While Wout van Aert was taken over in the last kilometers, Laporte was the only map of the Visma-Lease a Bike for the sprint, because…

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Already recognized and filled by his victories over massive arrivals, Belgian sprinter Jasper Philipsen dreamed of gleaning a great flandrienne. With Ghent-Wevelgem (now called In Flanders Fields), won by an offensive collective strategy, he became a true "classicman".

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The Ghent-Wevelgem Classic has changed its name, but it hasn't skimped on excitement: at the finish line in the Flemish town of Wevelgem, Jasper Philipsen took his sixtieth career victory. In Flanders Fields, he treated cycling fans to some truly unforgettable images.