Teams & Riders Offical Wout Van Aert isn't a Belgian Pozzato?

[sir fly]

Good to see his form is growing. We all want to watch him in top shape on the cobbles.
Had he practiced something else before opting for the bicycle?

 

[Wvv]

Had he practiced something else before opting for the bicycle?

Because of his athletic build?
That only came in his very late teenage years. There are images of him on World Championships CX U18 and even U23 being this really tiny almost fragile kid.

Glad to see his power and speed are back. Feared it would take longer after that horrible injury. Hopefully he can reach those last percentages for the spring classics.

 

[sir fly]

Because of his athletic build?
That only came in his very late teenage years. There are images of him on World Championships CX U18 and even U23 being this really tiny almost fragile kid.

Glad to see his power and speed are back. Feared it would take longer after that horrible injury. Hopefully he can reach those last percentages for the spring classics.

Yes, his built is fairly athletic, but something's telling me he's been trying himself out elsewhere as a kid... Before the age he's been fully eligible for cycling.

 

[Bonimenier]

Yes, his built is fairly athletic, but something's telling me he's been trying himself out elsewhere as a kid... Before the age he's been fully eligible for cycling.

I believe he did athletics when he was young.

 

[Wvv]

This is Wout around age 17-18, Junior ranks.
Really small kid compared to the other boys.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

According to Carl Berteele (sports journalist for Sporza), van Aert is 2 months ahead of schedule. Jumbo Visma had planned a return to full fitness by Dauphiné, but it seems he might be ready for the spring classics.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Unlike previously planned, van Aert will ride Omloop. Thus anticipating some other races to be cancelled due to the corona virus.

 

[Flamin]

That makes sense. I can imagine he's not very keen on staying in Tenerife any longer either. Better not risk anything.

Therefore he might as well ride Omloop if he's ready for it, which he probably is.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Two KOMs on Teide yesterday

Dos Corona por favor, dos .... 🍻 🌋 - Wout V.'s 152.4 km bike ride

Wout V. rode 152.4 km on Feb 25, 2020.

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[Lequack]

Really strong ride today, he seemed to be flying.

 

[hayneplane]

Looked fit and feisty in Omloop. Should be strong in Strade if the race takes place.

 

[repre]

How this thread don't have an avatar yet??? Somebody need to make this right

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

How this thread don't have an avatar yet??? Somebody need to make this right

There are no "thread avatars". The small thumbnails you see in the forum list, is simply the avatar of the poster who created the topic/thread. In this case, the thread was started by a poster without an avatar.

Unless there is an image in the original post (first post of the thread). Then this image can be seen as the thread avatar in the forum list, but not in all cases. I think threads that were created on the old forum, do not have this.

EDIT: @repre in addition i since found out, that since the new forum, the thread starter can actually chose a thread avatar out of all the images posted in the opening posts.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

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[BlueRoads]

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Reading your MVP post and comparing it, we now know that van Aert is a more desirable partner

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Mathieu won the Container Cup. A series of 7 challenges inside a container (a Belgian TV show). Running, rowing, cycling, monkeybar, biatlon shooting, benchpress, golf. He beat the previous best time of Greg Van Avermaet by 30 seconds. Only Wout van Aert was left that could do better than Mathieu. Van Aert smashed the cycling test, outdoing Mathieu's record by 10 seconds over 3km. Wout also was the second best in rowing (10 seconds slower than bronze WC medallist rowing Tim Brys, and dozens of seconds ahead of the rest), but specifically shooting and golfing was disastrous for Wout (0 targets shot, and only 48m in golf).

At Benchpress, Mathieu showed his left elbow which has a strange "twist" in it, only after a certain point/angle, can he put pressure on it. An old injury, he broke his elbow once.
At cycling, Mathieu had a max heartrate of 195. He said the cycling had gone perfectly, and with that heartrate, it was obvious he went all out. He also said he went as deep as when he won Amstel. Before the test he said he was in very good shape, but had not done intensity training lately.
According to the infoscreen, Mathieu's heartrate at rest: 36bpm.

I have no idea if this will be georestricted or not, but the broadcast will be on youtube tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcmPO3ZN9_3BBy0jUPRYflrylVfx152th

As said in the MvdP topic, the container cup, overall, wasn't a success for Wout (he did beat Mathieu's combined time in running, rowing and cycling, but faltered in shooting, golfing etc). In cycling however, Mathieu managed to outdo Bart Swings, an ice skater, by half a second and had the best time, but then Wout smashed it and took 10 seconds off Mathieu's time, a new record.

Wout's max heartrate was 205! He pushed well over 500W throughout the test. At the end, he even managed 590W.
According to the infoscreen, Wout's heartrate at rest: 38bpm.

Some concerns though: He still can't run normally since his crash in last years Tour de France. He used to be the best runner in CX, only rivaled by Toon Aerts, but in the container cup he didn't go over 18km/h, and he confessed that this is still a result of the injury. He also sucked at monkeybars, due to an old collarbone injury.

De Container Cup

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[BlueRoads]

Sounds like it was a fun competition. That the injury still hasn't healed is indeed a little worrying. It really has been some time now since the accident. Well, maybe it does not hinder him that much in cycling (I recently had a thigh injury, everything was fine as soon as I was on the bike, but getting there...), but for cross and his life in general it would be good if it would heal fully.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Van Aert, Wynants & Soete made a 324km off-road/graveltrail trip.

Dagje stof happen: Wout van Aert crost meer dan 300 kilometer offroad

Heeft u vandaag de onverharde wegen opgezocht met uw fiets? Dan deed u net hetzelfde als Wout van Aert, Daan Soete en Maarten Wynants. Onder de noemer "Dirty Kanzelled" reed het trio een stoffige tocht van 323 kilometer.

sporza.be

 

[BlueRoads]

That's not much to drink! (but enough cash to buy some more.)

 

[tobydawq]

I think he recovered from his crash.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I think he recovered from his crash.

Let's see him on the steep climbs against the top riders first! Oops, wrong thread!

(haha)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

While he isn't the new Stybar, he wins the same race as Stybar has won today

Nice thing was he did it whilst being the strongest. No sneaky attack or anything. No he was just the best.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

While he isn't the new Stybar, he wins the same race as Stybar has won today

Nice thing was he did it whilst being the strongest. No sneaky attack or anything. No he was just the best.

They all knew this was the only spot left for him to attack. Honestly i expected him to attack on a less steep part a bit sooner.

 

[Red Rick]

Didn't he gain like 15s on the climb to the finish anyway?

Anyway, successor to Cancellara?

 

[KZD]

Didn't he gain like 15s on the climb to the finish anyway?

Anyway, successor to Cancellara?

I find him to be almost like a perfect mix between Cancellara and Boonen so I see him winning more classics like De Ronde and Roubaix at least once and maybe San Remo as well.

Outside of that, a green jersey in the Tour and becoming TT World Champion seem to be within reach, although he isn't very focused on them for now.