Jumbo Visma was forced to play second fiddle to Ineos Grenadiers at Paris Roubaix today, when Dylan van Baarle continued the British team's best ever spring to take victory.
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And while Wout van Aert still claimed 2nd place at 'Hell of the North', his Jumbo Visma team mate Christophe Laporte saw his ride interrupted by a rear wheel puncture and then the complete collapse of the Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 carbon rear wheel.
The Frenchman, who has looked like a different rider since joining Jumbo Visma from Cofidis, decided to press on and ride his punctured wheel in a bid not to lose time waiting for a change.
However, the sheer speed of the race and the unforgiving pavé soon combined to take their toll on the punctured wheel. It simply disintegrated under Laporte, as this fan's video shows.
The incident occurred on the fourth sector of cobbles at Saint-Python. Laporte was forced to screech to a halt on the collapsed wheel. And with no team car or neutral service in sight, be began jogging down the course with his bike in a desperate effort to limit his losses. Unfortunately his efforts came to nothing and Laporte was the only member of his team not to finish the race.
