Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

[Peyroteo94]

If he's smart enough, he won't. There's Kruijswijk, Benoot, Kelderman, he doesn't need to bury himself.

Kuijsvick is out. Kelderman will probably crash or be in horrible shape (The Tour is full of stress and crashes), Benoot is not a top climber. I'm more thrilled to see Valter in the Tour. Can't really believe JV will not take him when he is so good right now.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Kruijswijk will at best be on a hometrainer. He's injured.

Are both statements related?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Kuss, Vallter, kelderman should be good on the mountains. Then benoot, Van baarle, laporte. Maybe wva is fighting for his place with Van hojdonck?

 

[Rackham]

For argument sake, what happens if Van Aert's wife has the baby on the first Saturday of the Tour when he's in Bilbao? Does he DNS?

And the reverse is true as well, i.e. what happens if the baby happens right on a decisive stage (with Vingegaard trailing by a few seconds or something & he needs WvA)? It seems like they're just sleepwalking into a potentially head scratching dilemma which could have been avoided earlier (like send WvA to the Giro with Rog instead of doing the Tour).

Just my opinion of course but... I think the baby drama is like a Damocles sword hanging over the Tour for Van Aert. He's going to be thinking about it every day anyway.

 

[Gregor_Slovenia]

Not really in a shape right now

 

[Offline]

Only 1 win this year....

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Only 1 win this year....

technically 2 if you count the win he gifted to Laporte.

Mainly he's not been tryharding stage races this year in order to be better in the classics but that didn't work out. He still came up short in the monuments, although with a bit of luck he could've won PR... I didn't expect him to not win any stages this tdSuisse tho, that was a bit surprising. Either he timed it right and peaks hard in the TDF+worlds or it's his worst year so far on the road...

 

[Red Rick]

Slower buildup to July makes sense woth Worlds. Add worse TT bike amd that explains most of this Suisse

 

[Didinho]

He's been on the mountain for a week longer than last year when he did the Dauphiné. New race with Suisse, new approach and we have to wait how it pans out. Also the first time he's not immediately good/winning the first days. With some rest he will get to his prefered weight and form. Otherwise he will get there during the Tour.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Laporte should consider gifting him a win or two at some point, give him a bit of a boost.

 

[RobertCrawley]

My one hope as a cycling enthusiast is to see Wout win Paris-Roubaix someday.

 

[tobydawq]

My one hope as a cycling enthusiast is to see Wout win Paris-Roubaix someday.

I think that hope is more likely to be granted than not.

 

[jono]

I think that hope is more likely to be granted than not.

How often does the odds-on favorite win P-R?

 

[tobydawq]

How often does the odds-on favorite win P-R?

I don't think there ever is an odds-on favourite.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

i mean he definitely had the level this year, Just needs another year like that and not have bad luck and he's there basically.

 

[Nick2413]

I still think he would’ve won PR if not for the flat this year. But have a feeling this Tour is going to be a bit mellow by his standards, maybe not the usual hat trick of stages or complete dominance over the peloton.

 

[Netserk]

When will he learn to attack in these situations? If he gets a gap on the flat, no one in such a group can bring him back.

 

[Lequack]

Doesn't seem to happy about today.
"His silence says enough: Wout van Aert leaves without words and strikes the car door"

Zijn stilte zegt genoeg: Wout van Aert vertrekt zonder woorden en slaat autodeur toe | sporza

No comment. De ontgoocheling is compleet. Wout van Aert was misschien wel de topfavoriet voor de ritzege, maar moest zich toch neerleggen bij een tweede plek. Veel zin in een babbeltje met de pers had Van Aert duidelijk ook niet. Bekijk hieronder de beelden.

sporza.be

 

[Berniece]

Doesn't seem to happy about today.
"His silence says enough: Wout van Aert leaves without words and strikes the car door"

Zijn stilte zegt genoeg: Wout van Aert vertrekt zonder woorden en slaat autodeur toe | sporza

No comment. De ontgoocheling is compleet. Wout van Aert was misschien wel de topfavoriet voor de ritzege, maar moest zich toch neerleggen bij een tweede plek. Veel zin in een babbeltje met de pers had Van Aert duidelijk ook niet. Bekijk hieronder de beelden.

sporza.be

He'll be back in the fold by tomorrow morning. He's too good for that team.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Let's hope he doesn't get forced to work for Vingegaard anymore. Just win a couple of stages and stay fresh for the WC. Little skeletor is going to win the TDF anyway

 

[Red Rick]

He's too good for that team.

The only reason he came close to winning today is because he's on Jumbo. Otherwise he would've had 0 or 1 teammates.

Van Aert has 2 wins this road season. Roglic has 9, including the Giro, and Vingegaard has 12.

But clearly it's Van Aert who's too good for the team.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I bet he needed more than 60 seconds in the ice bath in order to cool down.

But I understand his frustration. If he has to leave the race early, he obviously needs to get the most out of it beforehand.

 

[Volderke]

I wonder why he didn’t go full on the pidcock move. Imho, he’s relying too much of a controlled sprint when it’s clear it’s uncontrollable.

 

[Red Rick]

I wonder why he didn’t go full on the pidcock move. Imho, he’s relying too much of a controlled sprint when it’s clear it’s uncontrollable.

Stages like yesterday and today there's not much else to do, except maybe be straight onto Bilbao on the descent and have teammates drop a gap behind.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Give some more top tier classics away to your teammates Wout. They will work harder for you.

LOL