The most beautiful moment of the Tour of Flanders was not shown on TV yesterday, but was captured by the French photographer Patrick Brunt. He was behind the finish line and filmed the moment when Mathieu Van der Poel and Wout van Aert embrace each other after an exciting battle. – Whirling over the line, … Read more
Merijn Zeeman, sports manager of Jumbo-Visma, wants Wout Van Aert to be rewarded for his top year. “We want to break open his contract this fall.” – Zeeman followed the Tour of Flanders from Spain, where he will take a shot at the overall victory in the Vuelta with Primoz Roglic and Tom Dumoulin from … Read more
Now then? For more than two months, Mathieu Van der Poel (25) has been looking fruitlessly for that absolute top victory. The Tour of Flanders is his last chance. But then he has to pass Wout van Aert (26), the great rival with whom he has been openly at odds since Gent-Wevelgem. Will that play … Read more
How deep is the feud / rivalry / altercation – delete what does not fit – between Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert? Six days before the Tour of Flanders, team leaders Christoph Roodhooft (Alpecin-Fenix) and Arthur van Dongen (Jumbo-Visma) put out the fire. “Wout has expressed himself too strongly,” said Roodhooft. “But … Read more
Besides Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert will be the great hope for Olympic medals in Tokyo. That seems a certainty after his silver medal at the World Championship time trial in Imola. Main opponent Victor Campenaerts was only eighth. “I have shown that I can aim for both the time and the road race in … Read more
Not Primoz Roglic, but Tadej Pogacar will probably win the Tour de France 2020. The barely 21-year-old Slovenian was unleashed in the time trial to La Planche des Belles Filles, took his third stage victory and drove his fellow countryman from Jumbo-Visma in a grandiose way. yellow. What a turnaround. – Yellow sweater: Tadej Pogacar … Read more
The Jumbo-Visma riders regret that Merijn Zeeman was kicked out of the Tour de France on Thursday. The sports director was sent home by the organization, because he verbally let himself go against a jury member. “Merijn spoke to us yesterday,” says Wout van Aert. “He, of course, regretted having to go home and regretted … Read more
Wout van Aert regrets that on Wednesday after the finish of the eleventh stage in the Tour de France he raised his middle finger to Peter Sagan, who gave him a shoulder push during the mass sprint. The Slovak still thinks he has done nothing wrong. Van Aert appeared to win the sprint in Poitiers, … Read more
Not the victory of Caleb Ewan, but the declassification of Peter Sagan was the topic of discussion in the Tour on Wednesday. The Slovak handed out a thrust to Wout van Aert in full sprint and was punished for it. Away second place in the stage result, and a new hit in the battle for … Read more
Wout van Aert won the seventh stage of the Tour de France on Friday. The Jumbo-Visma rider was the strongest in a bunch sprint after a spectacular 168 kilometers ride, which was significantly influenced by fans in the final phase. Bauke Mollema and Tadej Pogacar, among others, lost a lot of time in the rankings. … Read more