Hat-trick for Jumbo-Visma in the first stage of Paris-Nice 2022: Laporte on one, Van Aert on two, Roglic on three. — © Getty Images
A sprinter with a broken kneecap. An ex-ski jumper who has fallen badly. A crosser from Belgium. And a Danish boy who works in the fish market. Four nonsensical transfers push Jumbo-Visma to the top of cycling. “It certainly wasn’t a fluke.”
Jan-Pieter de Vlieger