Petit moment sympa ร l'arrivรฉe entre Wout van Aert et Tadej Pogacar. Les deux hommes se sont retrouvรฉs ร l'avant dans le final aprรจs l'attaque du coureur de la Visma-Lease a Bike.
Le Slovรจne donne au passage ses lunettes au fils du Belge. #LaVuelta26
Wout van Aert will not take part in the upcoming Tour de France. The Belgian is still dealing with the effects of an elbow injury and has not recovered in time to start the Tour de France at the required level.
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๐ซ๐ท #TourAuvergneRhoneAlpes
Wout van Aert will not appear at the start of stage 6 of Tour Auvergne-Rhรดne-Alpes today. He is still experiencing significant discomfort in his elbow related to the crash he sustained last week. Wout will travel back to Belgium for further medical examinations.
Join us in wishing Wout a smooth recovery. โค๏ธโ๐ฉน
Sadly, Wout van Aert will not be able to start in Omloop het Nieuwsblad on Saturday, as he has fallen ill. The winner of the 2022 edition of the race, will take his time to recover.
Wout van Aert: โObviously itโs a big blow for me to miss out on my first race, having prepared for the classics season the whole winter. We had a good training camp at Sierra Nevada and I was feeling really strong. But unfortunately, itโs also that time of the year where itโs easy to fall ill. I remain positive about the feeling I had on training and am confident that I will be able to return to racing soon. Just not this Saturday.โ
Wout will be replaced by Pietro Mattio.
After his crash in the cyclocross race in Mol, Wout van Aert sprained his ankle and sustained a small fracture. He will undergo surgery on Saturday, after which he will focus on his recovery. Unfortunately, this means his cyclocross season is over.
โOf course I am very disappointed to have to end my cyclocross season like this,โ Van Aert says. โI was feeling better and better, including today in Mol. I was really looking forward to the race in Zonhoven and the Belgian Championships. But my focus will now be on recovery and, later on, the preparation of the road season.โ
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: ๐ฃ๐ฃ
In some circumstances, riders and our association have found themselves in need of criticising the organisation of some races for safety problems that have occurred.
Instead, today we would like above all to congratulate the excellent decision taken by @rcssport and the jury on yesterday's stage of the #GirodItalia, for having promptly neutralised the race and allowed the riders who had suffered a bad crash to recover and be rescued, and the entire peloton to complete the race without stress and with a spectacular final sprint.
We would like @rcssport to be taken as an example by all organisers who will find themselves in the same situation in the future. ๐
Thanks from the entire peloton and the CpA!
@rcssport@giroditalia #GirodItalia #Giro #Giro2025 @UCI_cycling@AIOCCycl
๐ณ๐ฑ #AGR25
Wout van Aert's last five races:
2nd at Dwars door Vlaanderen
4th at Ronde van Vlaanderen
4th at Paris-Roubaix
2nd at De Brabantse Pijl
4th at Amstel Gold Race
No icing on the cake, but today we enjoyed you once again, Wout. ๐
The riders are supposed to take the left yellow line around the roundabout at 700m but the right side was completely open (for the cars) and looks like the fastest line.
Really a miracle no rider or spectator was badly hurt, completely unacceptable
Wout van Aert has been selected as 9th Men Elite rider for the 2025 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Liรฉvin ๐ | https://t.co/Thd796ZJyh
#Lievin2025