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But worse than Boonen, Cancellara and Bartoli...He's just warming up. His record is already better than Philippe Gilbert or Sean Kelly when they were the same age as Van Aert is now.
MSR RVV RBX LBL LOM WRR Van Aert Apr 2022 1 2 2 3 2 Gilbert Feb 2010 3 3 52 4 1 6 Kelly Dec 1983 4 8 12 10 1 3
Beloki has made a bet with someone that Van Aert will win the Tour de France within the next 3 years. Also Indurain thinks he can do it.
Interviews in Spanish, no subtitels. Text in Dutch'
Contador, Indurain en Beloki geloven in Tour-zege Wout van Aert: "Maar wielersport zou verliezer zijn" | sporza
Kan Wout van Aert ooit de Tour de France winnen? Volgens de Spaanse ex-toppers Alberto Contador, Miguel Indurain en Joseba Beloki heeft hij de capaciteiten. "Maar het zou wel ten koste van zijn veelzijdigheid zijn", zegt Alberto Contador.sporza.be
We all know he would have to make big sacrifices if he were to actually try.Read it to but I doubt it. Spanish riders are really comitted to the GC work while Flemish riders get their kicks out of one day classics. Trying to win a GC of 3 weeks would mean he has to lose muscle weight, muscle he needs to contend in one day classics.
We all know he would have to make big sacrifices if he were to actually try.
easily you say... hmmIt depends on how much TT K's there are and how much mountaintop finishes. Mountain stages that end with a descent or on the flat he'd always take back lost time in the chase (he's kind of used to chasing other guys like MVP in the cross).
If there's f.e. 2 individual TT's and a Team TT and only 2 or 3 actual uphill mountain finishes he could easily Bradly Wiggings his way to yellow.
Like taking candy from a baby...faced monster.easily you say... hmm
If there's f.e. 2 individual TT's and a Team TT and only 2 or 3 actual uphill mountain finishes he could easily Bradly Wiggings his way to yellow.
Not in Pogacar era. He was beaten by baby Merckx in 2 out of 3 TTs in TDF so far. Don't see why would his chances increase if he would lose a lot of weight.
Stybar still better since he won a WT stage race.Has Wout become the new Zdenek Stybar yet?
Dumoulin's natural weight was a lot lower than Van Aerts.I don't see that much improvement required from his best mountain stage efforts in recent years, to be able to contend for gc. He could probably reach Dumoulin 17-18 levels, but losing a small amount of weight to do that might make him about the 11-20th best classics riders instead of one of the best two, so it's a risk. He'd want to win another monument or two first.
Dumoulin's natural weight was a lot lower than Van Aerts.