Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wout van Aert the structural top climber.

Anyway, how is his preparation going for another set of 2nd places at the World ITT and World RR?

 

[tobydawq]

Far be it from me to proclaim my own opinion to be official CN doctrine, but it's still probably more hype than the "is the new Zdenek Stybar" the thread had for years.

It's obviously joint 55th with Stybar.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Wout van Aert the structural top climber.

Anyway, how is his preparation going for another set of 2nd places at the World ITT and World RR?

It,s four out of five if you include cross and the Olympics.
Hope his training is going well and includes the Tour of Britain.

 

[SHAD0W93]

It's obviously joint 55th with Stybar.

Right! Maybe if Stybar didn’t focus on cobbles he’d be top 20 climber in the whole peloton.

 

[OlavEH]

Any reason why Van Aert is riding Tour of Britan and not Benelux Tour? It fits better for his preparation for the Worlds?

 

[Pinot's goat]

Any reason why Van Aert is riding Tour of Britan and not Benelux Tour? It fits better for his preparation for the Worlds?

Because Britain >>>> Belgium.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Any reason why Van Aert is riding Tour of Britan and not Benelux Tour? It fits better for his preparation for the Worlds?

He's doing quite an intense training camp in Livigno. I think Benelux is too soon with this camp in August. He trains for world's and roibaix

 

[Boes]

Any reason why Van Aert is riding Tour of Britan and not Benelux Tour? It fits better for his preparation for the Worlds?

He wanted the full 18 days of altitude training which collided with that start of Benelux.
And secondairy reason - there's a team TT that he apparently wanted to do.

 

[OlavEH]

He's doing quite an intense training camp in Livigno. I think Benelux is too soon with this camp in August. He trains for world's and roibaix

Okay, that's understandable even if Benelux Tour is on home soil. I'll guess he will do this race in the coming years, hopefully with an even more interesting route.

 

[Volderke]

He is clearly aiming to become the 54th best climber, doing 7+hr / 200K / 5000 vertical meter - training rides including Stelvio and Gavia:

Una giornata pesante - Wout V.'s 192.5 km bike ride

Wout V. rode 192.5 km on Aug 19, 2021.

www.strava.com

Dat overdrijven moet er nog uit 🤪 - Wout v's 192.8 km bike ride

Wout v rode 192.8 km on Aug 22, 2021.

www.strava.com

 

[Leinster]

He wanted the full 18 days of altitude training which collided with that start of Benelux.
And secondairy reason - there's a team TT that he apparently wanted to do.

I just looked at the Tour of Britain startlist on PCS. JV are the only team with more than 1 or 2 riders named. They have Foss, Vingo, Martin and WvA on the list. They are all-in for the TTT here.

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats Wout!

 

[davidsonduke]

Tells you a lot about WVA expectations that he has won two stages and leads overall in the ToB and it is barely remarked upon in his thread.

 

[jmdirt]

Tells you a lot about WVA expectations that he has won two stages and leads overall in the ToB and it is barely remarked upon in his thread.

There are more comments about him in the ToB thread, but yeh, he is expected to win.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The last thing Wout has to do is beating Pogi on a rainy mountain stage. Then he's an ET 100%.
Now it's only 90% of certainty.

 

[jmdirt]

Another nice finish, congrats Wout!

 

[Valanga]

Another nice finish, congrats Wout!

Yeah but MvdP wasn't there so meh

 

[jmdirt]

Yeah but MvdP wasn't there so meh

Lucky for him, neither was I.

 

[KZD]

Van Aert has been superb in this Tour of Britain, let's hope that he can hold this shape all the way until Paris Roubaix.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Van Aert has been superb in this Tour of Britain, let's hope that he can hold this shape all the way until Paris Roubaix.

Good post.

That‘s exactly what I was thinking.

Somehow, the situation reminds me of the spring 2021. Van Aert was extremely strong in Tirreno - then, in the RVV, he missed one or two percent.

This time, he is extremely good in Tour of Britain - hope, he can keep this shape until Roubaix... Fingers crossed...

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats Wout! 4 stages and the GC!

 

[Fuente De]

What a beast, like shooting fish in a barrel. Go for Gold!

When will this odd thread title be changed?! It's frankly baffling to have the best current rider with a super weird reference to another CX rider in the title.

 

[tobydawq]

What a beast, like shooting fish in a barrel. Go for Gold!

When will this odd thread title be changed?! It's frankly baffling to have the best current rider with a super weird reference to another CX rider in the title.

Maybe change it to "Wout Van Stybaert".

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Van Aert making the UK pay for Brexit...dang.

 

[cen]

Even Cav cracked a smile.

What a rider!