Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

[Low is rhe new high]

He is the most popular rider globally. For example, number of followers on Instagram. What metric do you have to show Wout is more popular globally?

Yeah there is probably a lot of fanatic Slovenians on instagram following Pogacar.

 

[Red Rick]

Where is Pogacar more popular? I can understand if he is more popular in Slovenia? Maybe he is more popular in UAE as well? But apart from those small strange countries?

I'd think Pogacar is by far the most popular rider among the very casual cycling fans.

 

[canina82]

I'd think Pogacar is by far the most popular rider among the very casual cycling fans.

Wout is belgian so the biggest cycling nation is wirh him. For example, italians seem to like Pogacar a lot, mroe than Wout.

 

[tobydawq]

To use a common Dutch expression

"Lekker gewerkt, pik"

I hope pik means something else in Dutch than in Danish...

 

[Red Rick]

I hope pik means something else in Dutch than in Danish...

No.....

 

[tobydawq]

Goosebumps, tears, heartbeats, broken voice. I'm so filled with joy right now.

Well, you did politely ask Tadej to let Wout win, right?

 

[noob]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043413971667931237

View: https://x.com/tatxu73/status/2043413971667931237

 

[YavorD]

Yeah there is probably a lot of fanatic Slovenians on instagram following Pogacar.

Slovenia is only 2 million people though.
Some of them don't care about cycling, some don't like Pogacar (my impression is that Pogacar isn't overly loved there) and others don't use Instagram/randomly follow celebrities.

Overall, I'd say probably 10% of Pog followers are Slovenians. Not "a lot".

 

[jmdirt]

I'd think Pogacar is by far the most popular rider among the very casual cycling fans.

The Tdf winner usually is.

 

[Wvv]

Well, you did politely ask Tadej to let Wout win, right?

Haha, he had two Sundays to answer my call, that's true.
Although Wout pulled this one off all by himself. Righteously so.

 

[Pantani_lives]

This is how I experienced Van Aert's Paris-Roubaix:

• 140 km to go: Well, he's had a flat tire already. Bad luck as usual.
• 130 km: He's better positioned now than 10 km ago.
• 80 km: He's never been in a better position, but Pogacar or Pedersen can beat him.
• 40 km: This could be the chance of a lifetime, but a lot can still go wrong.
• 15 km: He's now objectively the favorite. This could be his greatest win, or another disillusion.
• 1 km: The most important km of his career. Don't screw this up, Wout!
• 200 m: Go, now, don't hesitate!
• 0 m: Hallelujah!
• This morning: I just had one of those naïve wishing dreams again. Let me check the actual result...

 

[dercuforever]

Thanks you Wout.
You do have it.
You gave everything to win. And you did.
Probably his last chance to do it, unless his form goes Valverde style.

 

[Berniece]

Wout is belgian so the biggest cycling nation is wirh him. For example, italians seem to like Pogacar a lot, mroe than Wout.

Casual fans maybe, but people invested in cycling, I'm not sure

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043365264960446554