Key Takeaways: European Road Race Championships

Breaking down how a strange race was won, and what it means for the future one-day Classics plans of the Jumbo-Visma team, and the sport as a whole

Christophe Laporte, after executing a picture-perfect solo late race attack, held off a pair of surging Jumbo-Visma teammates, Wout van Aert and Olav Kooij, inside the final few meters to win the European Road Race Championships on Sunday in The Netherlands. Considering this race, which was contested on national teams, brought an intriguing thought expe…