Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

[Hugh Januss]

I feel like Wout Van Aert mostly suffers from having young children and getting sick at least a few times every season since.

When you add that to the major injuries he's had in the last few years he has had some very disadvantageous periods of enforced rest.

 

[jono]

Sprain and small fracture in ankle for Wout. CX season over, surgery tomorrow.

 

[KoopaCycling]

Tough luck, hope this won't cost him too much. i had renewed believe in him this year. Now it's wait and see.

 

[noob]

Inhured again?! Does life hate him?! 💔 Alas get well soon ! ❤️

 

[Oldman]

Sprain and small fracture in ankle for Wout. CX season over, surgery tomorrow.

This sounds like 6 months of rehab and missed intense training to get back to strength. Hate to see where this accumulative damage is taking his career.

 

[Bolder]

Tough luck, hope this won't cost him too much. i had renewed believe in him this year. Now it's wait and see.

He was looking really strong, that corner where he crashed was a danger zone though.

 

[jono]

This sounds like 6 months of rehab and missed intense training to get back to strength. Hate to see where this accumulative damage is taking his career.

That's a pretty pessimistic timeline, if the injury is as reported. His spring preparation won't be done according to plan, but he should be ready to ride at Flanders at Roubaix.

 

[Oldman]

That's a pretty pessimistic timeline, if the injury is as reported. His spring preparation won't be done according to plan, but he should be ready to ride at Flanders at Roubaix.

His Spring preparation is now. Paris Roubaix is April 12th...just over 3 months away. That, and ask any rider that's completed a backmarker's pace what part of their body wasn't in agony. I believe the answer is none and the most affected parts are neck, hands, feet and lower back. Those areas take a beating, for sure.
He is a Trojan for pain endurance but not being able to train for that abuse is a limitation. That's why he does/did cyclocross.