Wout van Aert Archives

Van Aert Will Not Ride in the Giro, Plus UCI Team Rankings

April 12, 2024 at 10:13 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

Because of injuries he suffered in the Dwars Door Vlaanderen on March 27, Wout van Aert will not be riding in this year’s Giro d’Italia, the 29-year-old Belgian said in a video statement on the website of his Visma–Lease a Bike team. “I’m really happy…

Crash Ends Van Aert’s Spring Ambitions – And Perhaps More

March 28, 2024 at 9:59 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Wout van Aert’s Classics season ended in a split second on the road from Roeselare to Waregem in Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen, when the Visma–Lease a Bike rider was involved in a high-speed crash and suffered a broken collarbone and fractured ribs. The crash occurred…

INEOS Grenadiers Counting on Young Riders to Climb Back to the Top

March 27, 2024 at 3:29 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

It has been a mediocre start to the 2024 season for the once mighty INEOS Grenadiers, who under the name Team Sky were the unchallenged lords of road racing from 2012 to 2019. In that eight-year span, they won the Tour de France seven times…

Wout van Aert on winning Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne: “I was very confident to round it off”

February 26, 2024 at 11:12 am2 min reading

Road cycling

In an impressive display of power and strategy, Wout van Aert, clinched a commanding victory at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. Van Aert’s triumph followed a strategic race plan that saw the peloton initially holding back, only to be dynamically split by the concerted efforts of Team Visma |…

Evenepoel Makes Bold Statement in Season Debut in Portugal

February 12, 2024 at 11:41 am4 min reading

Road cycling

When Remco Evenepoel lined up for Saturday’s Figueira Champions Classic in Portugal, everyone assumed that the Soudal Quick-Step leader would try to make a loud statement in his season debut. Everyone was right. With about 53 km to go in the 192.4 km race, the…

Dominant van der Poel Wins Sixth Cyclo-cross World Championship

February 5, 2024 at 12:09 pm4 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

To no one’s surprise, Mathieu van der Poel won his sixth cyclo-cross world title in Sunday’s UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships by surging to the front with his first pedal stroke and gradually pulling away from his rivals. His Dutch compatriot Joris Nieuwenhuis capped off an…

Van der Poel in Dominant Form Ahead of the World Championships

January 29, 2024 at 12:17 pm4 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

If any of his rivals in the upcoming Cyclo-cross World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic, found a reason to hope in Mathieu van der Poel’s recent loss to arch-rival Wout van Aert, the reigning world champion has shown them they were greatly mistaken. Van der…

Van Aert Turns Tables on Van der Poel, Puts End to his Winning Streak

January 22, 2024 at 2:05 pm4 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

Cyclo-cross fans got a reminder on Sunday of how thrilling their sport can be when its best riders are in good form, as Wout van Aert (Visma–Lease a Bike) won a tight and dramatic race in Benidorm in Spain, ending arch-rival Mathieu van der Poel’s…

Wout van Aert Triumphs in Benidorm: “It will be an interesting World Championships”

January 22, 2024 at 9:29 am3 min reading

Road cycling

In a remarkable show of resilience, Wout van Aert of Visma-Lease a Bike clinched a standalone victory at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup held in Benidorm, Spain. Van Aert’s defining moment came in the final lap where, despite a crash following the barriers and losing…

Reports: Red Bull to Buy BORA – hansgrohe and Make Offers to Van Aert and Evenepoel

January 17, 2024 at 5:05 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Just as the German team BORA – hansgrohe was kicking off its 2024 season in high style, with a victory in stage 1 of the year’s first major road race, the Santos Tour Down Under, it was announced on the Austrian government website that Red…