Christophe Laporte

Christophe Laporte
Laporte at the 2022 Paris–Roubaix
Personal information
Full nameChristophe Laporte
Born (1992-12-11) 11 December 1992 (age 31)
La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Classics specialist
Amateur teams
2011VS Hyérois
2012–2013AVC Aix-en-Provence
2012La Pomme Marseille (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2014–2021Cofidis[1][2][3]
2022–Team Jumbo–Visma[4]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2022)

Stage races

Danmark Rundt (2022)

One-day races and Classics

European Road Race Championships (2023)
Gent–Wevelgem (2023)
Dwars door Vlaanderen (2023)
GP de Wallonie (2021)
Paris–Tours (2024)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Road race
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Wollongong Road race
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Drenthe Road race

Christophe Laporte (French: [kɹɪˈstɔf ɫəˈpɔɹt] ; born 11 December 1992) is a French professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. A sprinter and classics rider, Laporte has taken more than 30 victories during his professional career, including wins in 2023 at Gent–Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen and the road race at the UEC European Road Championships. He has also won a stage at the 2022 Tour de France, a silver medal in the road race at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships and a bronze medal in the road race at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

  1. ^ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 February 2022.