These days, the cobbled Classics seem to be following an unnervingly straightforward formula. Of the 175 riders who race around the Flemish Ardennes all day, in the end, a rider from Jumbo-Visma always wins.
After Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, the E3 Saxo Classic and Gent-Wevelgem, the Dutch squad notched up their fifth cobbled win of the year at Dwars door Vlaanderen, as Christophe Laporte delivered an almost matter-of-fact attack 4km outside Waregem to solo to victory.
