💜 Results of the IS in Ceparana: 🥇 🇦🇺 @kaden_groves 🥈 🇳🇱 @KooijOlav 🥉 💜 🇮🇹 @MilanJonathan_ 💥 Meanwhile, 🇪🇺 @LAPORTEChristop has severely crashed, but he can carry on. #GirodItalia
🎥 Endless bad luck for Visma | Lease a Bike: Laporte takes hard fall in Giro after overlooking pothole
CyclingWednesday, 08 May 2024 at 11:12
Bad news for Visma | Lease a Bike, yet again. European champion Christophe Laporte has taken a hard fall during the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The Frenchman had just completed his sprint preparation during an intermediate sprint, after which he failed to see a pothole while talking to an Alpecin-Deceuninck rider. The result: a hard crash onto the asphalt.
As you can see from the footage below, Laporte was riding fairly calmly behind the sprinters towards the intermediate sprint. He wanted to say something to an Alpecin-Deceuninck colleague just as he hit a pothole.
At that moment, the Frenchman was holding his handlebars tightly and slammed hard into the Italian asphalt, where he sat dazed for a while. Initially, he held his ankle, then after checking his abrasions, he continued on his way.
Regardless, this is a tough blow for Visma | Lease a Bike and Kooij, who rely on Laporte's services in the sprint stages. On Tuesday, he performed a perfect lead-out for Kooij, who also fell on his knee in this Giro.
Video: Laporte crashes hard in Giro d'Italia
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MrYuck23-11-2024 - It seemed that he was focusing forward at the time of the crash, after seeing a quick video snippet. But one thing I think he should focus on more intently is breaking a bad habit he has, right now. And that is his constant looking over his shoulders. He does that so much, that I am very sure it is not good for him. Simply watch videos of the greats of CX and you will see very little of that constant looking over their shoulders. That is a behavior that betrays a bit of insecurity on his part. He shouldn't be so concerned, incessantly, about what is over his shoulder. He needn't worry they didn't all disappear. He neds to keep his focus more ahead of himself, and he needs to pay a bit more attention to himself, in a confident manner. It is very frustrating to watch, because it is apparent that he has a lot of potential, and is in much better shape thwan many of his competitors, but the mental game needs to be sharpened more, because that part of strategy plays a huge part in the final results
reemmo022-11-2024 - hahahaha love this shit! I didnt even watched the race, but reading all the gossip articles of how stupid this is!Zatoichi19-11-2024
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- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024