Wout van Aert is in top form and already managed to book three beautiful victories after the corona break. Yet the Belgian will soon be on paper as a servant in the Tour de France: a line through his chances? He and his colleagues speak out:
Van Aert: ‘opportunities will also arise in the Tour de France’
Van Aert himself is not so worried when it comes to his role in the Jumbo-Visma Tour team. ‘Nobody has to be afraid that I will not get any chances,’ signs The newspapaer on. “If an opportunity already presents itself in a round of five days (Critérium du Dauphiné, ed.), That will also be the case in the Tour.”
Bee The last news he makes it clear that going for your own chance is only ‘Plan B’. ‘It is a great honor to be part of this team. Last year I already helped the other leaders and that went well. Hopefully I will be able to do that again this year. Plan A is to finish as high as possible in Paris. ‘
Dumoulin: ‘Van Aert may not get many more opportunities’
Tom Dumoulin is late Sporza know to be very happy for his Belgian teammate. ‘Wout may not have many more chances in the coming weeks, because this Dauphiné is very tough and we are now putting everything on the standings in the Tour. He really wanted to go for it and the first stage was a great opportunity. He is in an exceptional top form and it is nice to achieve this together. That he finishes it like that is then very special. ‘
Robert Gesink does it The newspapaer even more for the confidence in Van Aert: “He is now the water carrier with the best form in the peloton.”
Jumbo-Visma: ‘We will not be the ones to stop him’
Arthur van Dongen, sports director of Jumbo-Visma, says opposite The newspapaer outlines a possible scenario in which Van Aert can go for his chances. ‘If Wout has assisted our leaders in a flat stage, they arrive safely in the last three kilometers and Wout feels good, we will not be the ones to stop him. But in that order. ‘ (Photo: Sirotti)
