Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

[IndurainsTdF1994]

As soon as Benji Naesen said on LRCP that Kayden should keep sprinting for 2nds etc because you never know if the leader will have to drop out, I feared this may happen.

Hope WvA comes back soon! A glorious Vuelta for him, and because of him.

 

[Lequack]

Such a sad ending to his Vuelta. Still, I think he can be happy with what he's achieved here, as long as the injury is not too bad.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1831010014934507794

View: https://twitter.com/lucasaganronald/status/1831010014934507794

 

[Unchained]

Just commenting on what I saw and perceived from afar, including based on my own personal experience suffering a gruesome knee injury in a crash.

You have extensive experience w beefing it!!
Wout looked to have heavy flow from multiple spots. I have had tiny cuts on my head especially, and on my body that bled out like it was being pumped directly from my heart out onto the pavement. When your skin is wet and hot, you can get tears easier, not just standard road rash abrasions. His face was looking like he was in some serious grief as to be expected but didn't touch or look to be favoring his shoulder or collar bone. Had pretty good steam of blood!! Even small cuts look serious when you are wet, heart pumping full blast..
I don't think Papp is synonymous w crashing in the US!! Thank goodness!!

 

[Lequack]

"Wout first got on his bike to try it. Of course we had seen the wound on his knee, but it is a rider's instinct to get back on that bike," said Engels after the ride.

“However, Wout quickly said on the radio that he couldn’t pedal. A few bends further on, we stopped again. The doctor came to clean the wound and Wout said that it wouldn’t work anymore. For me, the ride continued, but of course you don’t want to see things like this. Very disappointing, because Wout was also just getting into a good swing .”

Van Aert naar ziekenhuis na zware val in Vuelta, ploegleider Engels ving hem op: “Wout zei al snel dat hij niet kon trappen”

Wat opnieuw een topetappe in de Vuelta leek te worden voor Wout van Aert (29), is uitgedraaid op een nachtmerrie. De leider in het punten- en bergklassement ging in een afdaling stevig onderuit en kwam hard tegen de bergwand terecht. Hij moest opgeven - zijn knie bloedde fel - en werd...

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[KZD]

Really gutted for Van Aert, I am not even a fan but he deserves better luck than having two serious crashes derailling his season.

Hope that he can still recover for the World Championships otherwise I wish him the best of luck for 2025.

 

[jono]

Doesn't bode well for a potential CX season that was already likely to limited.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He can't ride his bike.

 

[dazaau]

I'm more of a mvdp fan but this was heartbreaking to see. Wout was flying and now loses the green, the kom and I think he was looking really dangerous for worlds, which I think mvdp won't survive with all the climbing. Wout was climbing so so good, smashing climbing specialists.

So much bad luck is hard to watch.

 

[Hugh Januss]

He can't ride his bike.

He's probably not nearly as good as you, eh Sparky?

 

[Peyroteo94]

Yeah, a rider crashes 4 or 5 times this year and it is bad luck...right... I just hope it is just a bruised bone and nothing serious happened, however if we say Roglic can't stay on his bike, why should we not say the same about Wout?

 

[Tim Cahill]

A bad wound but no fractures, the cut was pretty grim so maybe that's why he looked like he was about to faint when he was sat down. They said the pain was severe. Perhaps he can do worlds and maybe carry some good form over?

Edit:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1831116046893240531

 

[dazaau]

A bad wound but no fractures, the cut was pretty grim so maybe that's why he looked like he was about to faint when he was sat down. They said the pain was severe. Perhaps he can do worlds and maybe carry some good form over?

Edit:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1831116046893240531

As good as can be hoped for :/

 

[scribers]

Bummer. Was riding like it was 2021 again

 

[Berniece]

A bad wound but no fractures, the cut was pretty grim so maybe that's why he looked like he was about to faint when he was sat down. They said the pain was severe. Perhaps he can do worlds and maybe carry some good form over?

Edit:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1831116046893240531

He also needs to make the switch mentally, although I don’t think that will be much of a problem.

 

[noob]

I remember Mas 2022 or something was like this for a long time; crashed hard and afraid of crashing for months afterwards hence crashing more often. So I've just assumed the same is true for Wout temporarily. Glad it wasn't worse this time ❤️ Still 💔

 

[joe_papp]

You have extensive experience w beefing it!! ...

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1831236674157773218

View: https://twitter.com/vismaleaseabike/status/1831236674157773218

 

[Peyroteo94]

Ouch. Lets hope for just one week off the bike and then he will start pedal again. But this looks nasty...3,5 weeks until zurich.

 

[tobydawq]

A bad wound but no fractures, the cut was pretty grim so maybe that's why he looked like he was about to faint when he was sat down. They said the pain was severe. Perhaps he can do worlds and maybe carry some good form over?

I would be massively surprised.

 

[Lequack]

Ouch. Lets hope for just one week off the bike and then he will start pedal again. But this looks nasty...3,5 weeks until zurich.

That's not Wout's knee.

 

[Peyroteo94]

That's not Wout's knee.

Oh, thank you. So, this knee belongs to who?

 

[Berniece]

Oh, thank you. So, this knee belongs to who?

joe_papp probably

 

[Red Rick]

Tis interesting how the reception to one guy crashing 10x in a year is so different from another rider actually crashing fewer times.

 

[Bolder]

Yeah, a rider crashes 4 or 5 times this year and it is bad luck...right... I just hope it is just a bruised bone and nothing serious happened, however if we say Roglic can't stay on his bike, why should we not say the same about Wout?

Does anyone official keep track of how many times a rider goes down? Serious question

 

[Red Rick]

Does anyone official keep track of how many times a rider goes down? Serious question

PCS definitely keeps track. That pops up sometimes in the live tickes. There was one where it listed all GC riders by crash frequency or something....