Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

[Medvind]

Crash yesterday, 2nd today. Getting closer. Too bad he had to restart a bit when Demare closed the lane.

Hope he takes it tomorrow!

 

[Valv.Piti]

Crash yesterday, 2nd today. Getting closer. Too bad he had to restart a bit when Demare closed the lane.

Hope he takes it tomorrow!

Amen! He really deserves one and has actually good legs.

 

[jono]

Is it unfair to ask why Wout is so often the one getting pinched in these deviation incidents?

 

[Unchained]

Is it unfair to ask why Wout is so often the one getting pinched in these deviation incidents?

Best question is how some Tour favorites are only 11 stages in and have crashed so often. Roglic may have crashing being something that has to factor in.. Wout in double digit percentage for falling off his bike.. Wout obviously has power and speed he is there in multiple sprint stages, gotta ask would Van Aert be more of a factor if he didn't fall off his bike all the time..

 

[RobertCrawley]

I'm French and I want Demarre to be relegated.

Demarre apparently did not know that Wout was coming up on the rails, so it wasn't on purpose, but he needs to hold his line.

 

[theyoungest]

Best question is how some Tour favorites are only 11 stages in and have crashed so often. Roglic may have crashing being something that has to factor in.. Wout in double digit percentage for falling off his bike.. Wout obviously has power and speed he is there in multiple sprint stages, gotta ask would Van Aert be more of a factor if he didn't fall off his bike all the time..

This year he's certainly crashed a few times, but in the years before? Can't remember too many instances tbh.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811419054105907567

View: https://x.com/SachaModolo/status/1811419054105907567

 

[Peter von]

Is it unfair to ask why Wout is so often the one getting pinched in these deviation incidents?

I think his lack of train is a factor here, so he has to sometimes pick a lane that he knows has a high risk, but he doesn't have enough guys to move him to a better position without eating wind.

And if he isn't at 100% he is just that extra little bit of tired, that makes his decision making a little bit worse, which makes a huge difference at this level.

 

[Wvv]

Pfff Wout, his cursed streak continues this Tour.

I really, really hope he can turn it around with a big win soon. Gold in Paris would be very granted.

 

[Unchained]

Pfff Wout, his cursed streak continues this Tour.

I really, really hope he can turn it around with a big win soon. Gold in Paris would be very granted.

Mummy wrapped today still got strong second!!

 

[James M]

This guy has became a meme on social media the guy that finishes second hope he gets a big one soon he kinda deserves it.

 

[Ricco']

WVA's streak of top-5 placings in WT and big championship races since his last WT win (E3 2023).

2-4-3-3-3-2-5-2-5-3-2-3-2-5-3-2-3-3-3-4-2-2

 

[James M]

https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...-again-a-shame-for-disappointed-wout-van-aert

 

[jmdirt]

Solid sprint today WvA!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

He rode in the perfect way to ensure that he doesn‘t get to fight for the win today. This was never going to come down to a bunch sprint and yet he didn‘t try anything uphill. Very frustrating

 

[Valv.Piti]

He rode in the perfect way to ensure that he doesn‘t get to fight for the win today. This was never going to come down to a bunch sprint and yet he didn‘t try anything uphill. Very frustrating

He didn't have the legs, but could still have tried to be a bit more proactive maybe, but its very hard when youre this marked on top of not being in great shape.

 

[Oldermanish]

He didn't have the legs, but could still have tried to be a bit more proactive maybe, but its very hard when youre this marked on top of not being in great shape.

It's also pointless when you have a teammate up the road that's covered every move. Concede for his sake and control the field behind by setting false tempo and shutting down bridge attempts to your mate.
Visma got nothing out of the effort today.

 

[Offline]

If cycling was about being 2nd or 3rd he would be the best in the world.

 

[Red Rick]

If cycling was about being 2nd or 3rd he would be the best in the world.

Mostly 2nd.

I was shocked when Ganna suddenly went much faster than him.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Mostly 2nd.

I was shocked when Ganna suddenly went much faster than him.

Tactical slowdown by mighty Wout not to be 2nd again.

 

[Berniece]

Didn’t expect this from him at all after seeing how he ride in TDF. He should be very happy

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Didn’t expect this from him at all after seeing how he ride in TDF. He should be very happy

Yeah, i didn't expect him on the podium, and while he needed Tarling to have a mechanical, he did do much better than i assumed he would.

 

[Pantani_lives]

With the Hôtel des Invalides in the background he proved that he's a fighter. In the past he's often been unhappy with silver, but today he was happy with bronze.

 

[Sciatic]

With the Hôtel des Invalides in the background he proved that he's a fighter. In the past he's often been unhappy with silver, but today he was happy with bronze.

Agreed. Thanks for mentioning it was the Invalides but wasn’t sure.

 

[Penninepeddler]

Since the start of 2023:

7x Wins (22.6% of podiums)
10x 2nds (32.3% of podiums)
14x 3rds (45.2% of podiums)

We need to reconsider the whole 2nd place Wout thing...

Before 2023:

39x Wins (44.8% of podiums)
28x 2nds (32.2% of podiums)
20x 3rds (23.0% of podiums)

actually incredibly beautiful inverted numbers. Like you could not do that if you tried even playing a ping-pong tournament with your family.

Still gets the same amount of 2nd places as ever... but wins vs 3rd have flipped.

The Bronze Belgian is more apt recently than Mr. Second Place aha.