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Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

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theyoungest said:
If you know anything about Wout van Aert, you know that he won't give up after this. His main strength is his mentality. Fighting against a more physically gifted rival has taught him this. And it's not like this is a Chris Froome or Egan Bernal type of injury, where it's the question whether he can even ride his bike again.

He has already had such an injury, after he crashed into the barrier in the Tour time trial. That was serious. The doctors wondered whether he could even walk, let alone ride his bike. This is nothing compared to that.
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MVDP is only "more gifted" in the cobbled classics, but Wout is the more gifted in everything else, climbing, TTs and field sprints, thus who is the more gifted?
 
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Froome said:
Calm down mate, you are the only one who is taking this so serious. It was just a joke, you don't need to write a statement full of BS, go dinner with the lady. Good dinner and easter.
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I like facts im not used to forums so much i cant tell the difference all the time when someone is trolling or not.

My problem is that i probably think everyone is over 18 here and is serious. Anyway im all calm downed lets celebrate life instead come to Nice and ill buy you a wine and you will have a laugh when you see who i am i guarantee a good night with laughter.

Untill next time boys. And again im gutted for you WVA one of the most sincere gents in cycling. Get well cycling is better with you in it.
 
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Extinction said:
MVDP is only "more gifted" in the cobbled classics, but Wout is the more gifted in everything else, climbing, TTs and field sprints, thus who is the more gifted?
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Well, for one, MVDP is more gifted in the sport they both competed in as youngsters, cyclocross. MVDP also happens to be world champion on the road, can't remember a lot of cobbles in that race :)

I like both riders, but if I had the choice, I'd rather be MVDP. Probably even Van Aert would agree.
 
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Extinction said:
No but a broken collarbone with broken ribs means the foreseable future is done (Classics-Giro-Tour-Olympics). Maybe he can come back for Worlds.
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Yeah, to anyone who has never had broken ribs, you have to understand how difficult it is to heal, because you cannot isolate those breaks, and just breathing causes constand stress on the fracture. Not to mention trying to get out of bed, or wiping your a$$ being really painful and difficult. Also, the ribs will absolutely affect his ability to train. A collarbone, you can isolate...ribs are the problem here.
 
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theyoungest said:
Well, for one, MVDP is more gifted in the sport they both competed in as youngsters, cyclocross. MVDP also happens to be world champion on the road, can't remember a lot of cobbles in that race :)

I like both riders, but if I had the choice, I'd rather be MVDP. Probably even Van Aert would agree.
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And he lives in a time where, if there were no MVDP, he would be racking up win after win after win...but that isn't the reality we have.
 
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I guess Wout van Aert's next goal must be the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour de France. I don't think he will be 100% ready before.... with a broken collarbone and broken ribs. The Tour de Suisse could also be an option instead of the Critérium du Dauphiné. I don't believe he will ride the Tour of Austria instead of the Tour de France.
Because shouldn't he have some races in his legs before his second big goal for the season - the Olympic Games?
 
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Jeriko said:
More footage of the crash

Posting this here too for anyone not checking the race thread.

Edit: Belgian IP required.
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I can't see, because no Belgian IP. Does it show exactly what happened? It seems like it was just one of those racing incidents, that is hard to actually place blame. Just a bunch of really fast guys in a bunch, jostling for position, and there not being enough space for all of that to happen in.
 
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theyoungest said:
If you know anything about Wout van Aert, you know that he won't give up after this. His main strength is his mentality. Fighting against a more physically gifted rival has taught him this. And it's not like this is a Chris Froome or Egan Bernal type of injury, where it's the question whether he can even ride his bike again.

He has already had such an injury, after he crashed into the barrier in the Tour time trial. That was serious. The doctors wondered whether he could even walk, let alone ride his bike. This is nothing compared to that.
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I think sometimes, his main weakness is his mentality.
 
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Ribs are probably worse than the collarbone.

That can annoy you for months.
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Not sure about that. I've shattered a collarbone and the surgery and recovery is not easy. Guessing his collarbone fracture is not that bad, but that was a really ugly crash as he went directly to the tarmac - no sliding at all. Not sure this is one of those collarbone breaks where pros are back on the bike the day after surgery. I've also broke 8 ribs with a pneumo and that wasn't too bad - and of course no surgery with ribs. Regardless, I'm rooting for him to get back and get a big win.
 
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