Paris-Tours: Christophe Laporte gets better of Mathias Vacek in two-up sprint at mud-soaked classic

Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike) won a cagey two-up sprint at the close of a wet, mud-soaked 118th edition of Paris-Tours.

The Frenchman beat breakaway companion Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) on the Avenue de Grammont, while Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was best of a reduced bunch of sprinters, who failed to reel in the leading duo in the closing stages.