Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

[Red Rick]

Today and stage 11 are his best chances, so he better get in the break.

Today it's also in Vingegaards interest just to keep the break away

 

[Unchained]

I sure hope real Wout shows up sometime in the 3 weeks..

 

[AmRacer]

I sure hope real Wout shows up sometime in the 3 weeks..

The one who helped Simon?

 

[Unchained]

The one who helped Simon?

No.. The rider from Giro..

 

[Peyroteo94]

Not in shape? He finished 11th on stage 4 which was a drastic improvement from stage 2. Of course he's in shape, rather good shape actually, but the sickness just took the top of his shape. So of course he can win, the problem for Wout is, unless he's flat out a lot stronger the the rest, its very hard for him to win in the break on stages like this because of his name.

Do you still believe he is in shape? Man, this stage had vintage WVA written all over the place

 

[Unchained]

The one who helped Simon?

Or the rider from Flanders, Amstel Gold, Paris Roubaix, Dwars.

 

[Valv.Piti]

This Tour Wout has been more or less useless to Jonas, but then again, so has Kuss and Yates. Really need that stage, tomorrow might be a great shot.

 

[Red Rick]

Today's attack was brought to you by https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/

 

[SafeBet]

This is probably the first time I will concede the idea of "meme attack" has any merit.

 

[Red Rick]

This is probably the first time I will concede the idea of "meme attack" has any merit.

Pirazzi erasure this is.

Also Nibali's descent attack when the sole consequence was Moscon crashing.

 

[tobydawq]

This was just sad to watch. Initially, it looked quite good but then he stalled very quickly.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Good attack, but unfortunately everybody seemed content by getting beaten by Merlier or Milan.

 

[Rackham]

This is probably the first time I will concede the idea of "meme attack" has any merit.

Guilaume Martin & Alaphilippe will totally ask WvA's to hold their beer on this one.

 

[theyoungest]

Good attack, but unfortunately everybody seemed content by getting beaten by Merlier or Milan.

What was good about it? The peloton just let him go, and he never got closer than half a minute to the front group. It wasn't impressive, nor was it smart.

 

[jmdirt]

Simmons shut him down, and then eyed him on the way by.

 

[Vinther1991]

The attack seemed desperate and meaningless, I don’t understand why he was allowed to waste his energy on things like that today, when he could be of use tomorrow.

 

[Tim Cahill]

He was styling like Peter Weening at a random 2010s Giro out there.

 

[tobydawq]

What a beautiful win!

Nobody can say his Tour was good before today, but that was some way to finish it.

 

[Blanco]

I can't remember when was the last time I cheered for him, but today was that day, and what a ride he produced! Pure class!

 

[Red Rick]

What a beautiful win!

Nobody can say his Tour was good before today, but that was some way to finish it.

Van Aert dropping Pogacar. Roglic not crashing.

I look forward to sunrise in the west tomorrow morning.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Monster performance today. For a moment, I saw the old Wout and not the washed one I have been watching since the last year

 

[Jan the Man]

Excellent today by Wout. Great to see him look like his old self

 

[Rackham]

Monster performance today. For a moment, I saw the old Wout and not the washed one I have been watching since the last year

It was a 50km race basically, i.e. pan flat except for a 1km cobbled climb repeated 3 times. If there was ever a moment WvA was going to clobber Pog, it was here. Especially since he always finished a GT with good legs (it's one of his strengths).

But that doesn't take away from imagery, i.e. dropping the yellow jersey like that looked great on TV.

 

[P4rthen0n]

Great win!
Great tv!

 

[Peyroteo94]

It was a 50km race basically, i.e. pan flat except for a 1km cobbled climb repeated 3 times. If there was ever a moment WvA was going to clobber Pog, it was here. Especially since he always finished a GT with good legs (it's one of his strengths).

But that doesn't take away from imagery, i.e. dropping the yellow jersey like that looked great on TV.

Of course in RVV, things are very different.